Waiting for the Show (c) 2008 by Tina M. Harris
Shaniko is a ghost town located about 75 miles north of Redmond, Oregon where my husband and I live. I have driven to this area several times in the last couple years to take photographs and I always seem to find something new that I had overlooked on previous visits. My most recent trip to Shaniko was no different -- somehow I had never noticed the rows of empty chairs sitting on the porch of a large, abandoned barn at the end of what was once the main road through town. The chairs face a vast, empty field where nothing grows now but weeds. I couldn't help but wonder if they were left there for the once-thriving town's ghostly residents -- a place for them to sit and watch the world go by.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Waiting for the Show
by Tina M. Harris
Floating Ferry Heads by Dolly Salazar
One of the things that I enjoy about doing this blog is the explanations that photographers send along when they submit their photographs. I really love what Dolly Salazar had to say about her mystery submission: "The mystery is us. Me, stopping to snap this blurry portrait of two strangers on my way to finding a seat. Them, turning and nodding briefly at me before returning to their newspapers, no more conscious of the features of my face than I am of theirs. For that moment, we are acquainted, and from that moment on, we never will be again. Should I have cared who they were? Is this different than lost friendships? Does it matter how long the relationship, if the break is permanent anyway?"
Floating Ferry Heads (c) 2008 by Dolly Salazar
Full Moon Tonight by Helen Bascom
About her second submission, Helen says "There is something mysterious about the Moon." (I have to agree with that -- especially when it looks like this!!)
Full Moon Tonight (c) by Helen Bascom
Mystery photo by Helen Bascom
First up for our "mystery" submissions is this cool photo by Helen Bascom. Here's what she had to say about this photograph: "When I think of the word mystery, I think of nature and the Universe. There are such wonders to see and to imagine. This is a long exposure shot of a full moon. The effect results in an image that appears more like a telescope image of the sun."
Untitled photo (c) by Helen Bascom
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