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Weeks 5–8 of 209 Weeks
Week 5 of 209 Weeks: “As I listen to them, I hear another whisper from the swaying stand of cattails, from spruce boughs in the wind, a reminder that caring is not abstract.” –Robin Wall Kimmerer. Photo Notes: This photo was taken at Pacem in Terris in Isanti, MN in November–December 2021. Week 6 of 209…
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Weeks 1–4 of 209 Weeks
Week 1 of 209 Weeks: “Hope can be bruised and battered. It can be forced underground and even rendered unconscious, but hope cannot be killed.” —Neal Shusterman in Unsouled Photo Notes: This photo was taken at Geonsancheon Stream in Jeonju, South Korea in September of October 2018. Week 2 of 209 Weeks: “The fact that…
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Where Has All the 4 by 6 Paper Gone?
As I described in my previous post, there are a lot of moving parts to making a photographic postcard. I thought I had figured out my postcard plan for the 209 Weeks art project—resin coated 4 by 6 paper, RC-friendly mounting tissue, and cardstock that would easily take a rubber stamp. All I needed was…
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The Moving Parts of a Photography Project
Back in the 90s, I occasionally sent friends photo postcards. I used stick-on postcard backs, which make the photos a little stiffer and postcard like, or I just drew a vertical line down the back of a regular photo lab photo, addressed it, and threw a stamp on it. Now, thirty years later, I’ve come…