Holga triptych 3 Metal Print

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This image is a Holga negative film triptych. It was taken at Pecos National Monument in Pecos, New Mexico. Between the Sangre de Cristo mountains and the Glorieta mesa lies the Glorieta Pass, through which a continuously unfolding story of human culture has travelled to and from the Pecos Valley for thousands of years.
Pueblo and Plains Indians, Spanish conquerors and missionaries, Mexican and Anglo armies, Santa Fe Trail settlers and adventurers, tourists on the railroad, Route 66 and Interstate 25...the Pecos Valley has long been a backdrop that invites contemplation about where our civilization comes from and where it is going.
Thousands of years of this rich history is preserved for visitors to Pecos National Historical Park.

I am a fine art photographer. My images, Soulshapes, invoke the inner landscapes of the soul - mystical, ethereal , contemplative, transcendent. My work represents my belief in creativity as a vehicle for "acknowledging the psyche." Primarily self-taught, my work has evolved from my study of Polaroid image and emulsion transfers, including the impressionistic Polaroid SX-70 manipulations. Creativity was and is the only way home. This is true whether I work with the truly feminine in nudes, portraits ,dance, an invocation to the past via historic sites, devotional art, haunting landscapes, digital composites with Photoshop, sepia toned Holgas and most recently equine photography. "My work leads me to myself, to a resolution of...