Blinded by the Light
digital image, 8 x 10″, 2017
Artist Statement
To capture 1:47 minutes of total eclipse and some environmental context, I set up camera on tripods on the N Fk Big Wood River, surrounded by the Hemingway-Boulder Mountains Wilderness. Perhaps putting too much attention on photon capture, caught only a few direct glimpses of the actual event.
Here, totality is seen through towering Douglas fir trees, up close against a backdrop of stars and planets, and as the sun first emerges from behind the moon, creating a digital explosion in the camera’s optical sensors “blinded by the light.”
Contact Info
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Mail: 746 Santa Paula Ct., Boise, ID 83712
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