Great Salt Lake Folios Slide Show

You might have seen the individual folios in The Great Salt Lake Folios 1-8 collections. Holding and viewing the print is very satisfying, the tactile experience is part of “photography” I believe. Digital copies, although quite rich in color, lack the depth of the printed versions.

In an attempt to add a little more depth to the digital presentation, I have created a slide show set to music by Andreas Vollenweider. The movement and music add another layer of aesthetic dimension to photography. Choosing the right music and determining the correct length of the show are critical, and I hope I have made the right choices in both regards. It took me quite a while to settle on music that would reflect the varied visual styles of each folio as well as the visual material the Great Salt Lake offers.

There are introductory text before each folio starts. To make reading them easier, I am quoting them below. [Read more...]

Great Salt Lake Folio – 5

This is the final GSL Folio 5 - Cover installment of the series on the Great Salt Lake. Vegetation around and in the Great Salt Lake does not impress the viewer with lush foliage or colorful flowers. However, the halophiles, those that require high salinity create interesting patterns against the colors of the lake. Mostly marshes around the periphery and algae in the water, the greenish clumps against the colorful water present painting-like views. This folio is available in the store for purchase.

Great Salt Lake – Folio 5 | The Halophiles Collection

Great Salt Lake – Folio 7

I am getting close to finishing this project. GSL Folio 7 - Cover This folio is about the limits of everything. Water meets land or air with a boundary, colors change creating another boundary, various shapes are formed or erased by virtue of their boundaries being there or becoming diffuse. The ecosystem of the Great Salt Lake is so diverse with different minerals in water, living organisms, land formation, evaporation, all working to create many boundaries that are clearly visible from the air. This collection is available in the store as well.

Great Salt Lake – Folio 7 | The Borders & Boundaries Collection

Great Salt Lake – Folio 2

The Found Patterns Folio GSL Folio 2 - Cover is the new addition to the Great Salt Lake series. With eight photographs, it presents the patterns created by nature and by human touch. The nature’s patterns with a palette of minerals and evaporation challenge the canvas of most painters both in structure and artistry. Human touch, on the other hand, creates direct patterns which are easy to identify or through interference with nature which are much harder to discern. Folio 3 | The Found Patterns Collection contains 8 photographs and is available in the store for the introductory price of $75.

Great Salt Lake – Folio 2 | The Found Patterns Collection

Great Salt Lake – Folio 3

Looking GSL Folio 3 - Cover down to the Great Salt Lake is a surreal experience, not only do the colors change unexpectedly but also the surface-depth-bottom relations present visual riddles. There I was in the helicopter, looking down at a reddish-orange, or orangeish-red water not being able to figure out what lied on the surface and where the bottom was. An unexpected glow seemed to come from beneath the surface delineating shapes, lines; of what I could not tell.

A new addition to the Great Salt Lake collection is the Folio 3 | The Glow Collection which includes 5 photographs. The folio is available in the store for purchase.

Great Salt Lake – Folio 3 | The Glow Collection