Monday, May 20, 2013

Restoring Color

 One Small Act: A Christo Moment
Performance documented by
Digital Photography, Photo Montage
7700 x 19250 pixels, 350 ppi. Photoshop. 2012
©2012 Mary Rush Gravelle.
The number two visited print this week: One Small Act, Wrapped Cactus after Christo, a photography performance piece I created in 2012.

I had not realized that a fire on Boston Hill in Silver City, New Mexico had hit so close to a favorite hiking trail that I had not hiked for a while. I was shocked at the devastation I saw along the trail. I decided to act out a "Christo performance art" moment by wrapping a burnt cactus thereby restoring color that had been lost to the fire.

 Color Restored
Performance documented by
Digital Photography, Photo Montage
5775 x 7700 pixels, 350 ppi. Photoshop. 2012
©2012 Mary Rush Gravelle.
The final piece is a photo montage of 11 photographs I took during my ceremony of restoring this site, at least a part thereof, back to color. This was one of my most enjoyable projects. That day, after I had completed my task, I walked away from the site with a smug delightful and loving feeling, knowing that unsuspecting future hikers would happen upon my creation. I had hoped it would add a glimmer of hope and joy to their hike.

 Life in Death
Staged Digital Photography
3264 x 2448 pixels, 180 ppi. 2012
©2012 Mary Rush Gravelle.
To the right is a staged photograph I took of a beautiful burnt goddess tree in which I introduced yellow silk daffodils into the hole that had been burnt through her trunk.

What do you think? Was I successful?

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21 comments:

  1. Yes, I think you succeeded in brightening up the burnt trees...wonderful thing you did! :)

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  2. I love your " Life in death" You did very well adding the yellow colour to a fantastic tree !

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    1. jagoterry… thank you… yes, it is a fantastic tree, even in her burnt state. I'm tickled that you noticed.

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  3. Very interesting concept of dead tree and the yellow daffodils

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  4. Your work is beautiful! Thank you for sharing it with us!

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    1. ;-) Thanks, Nick! Your comment made me smile.

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  6. Very fascinating. Color brings anything to life!

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    1. Veronica… you made it! Thank you. I totally agree with you that color brings anything to life.

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  7. What beautiful work you do:) Thank you for sharing!

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  8. Oh yes! You were very successful :) Color certainly makes things beautiful.

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  9. I love the Life in Death Photo. Yellow is such a vibrant color, a good boost for the day. Ty!

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    1. Thank you, J Sumner… glad you got a good boost for the day with the Life in Death photo.

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