That's right folks, we've got a conflict of subject here--I'm not sure what to decide what's being emphasized, the road and the horizon or the amazing view behind it. This photo from photographer David Collier is entitled, Road and Mt. Shasta, taken in Shasta, CA. I recently came across some of David's work after signing up for this course. I simply looked around the Internet, magazines, whatever I could to find any leads as to any recent works of earth art. One day, I came across a FELT Racing (cycling) ad that David had produced. Needless to say, the ad led me to researching him, and once locating his central website, I got to see a wide variety of his photography works. With a newly founded interest in cycling, and also the fact that I love to run, I was so intrigued by how his photographs of roads and pathways seemed to accentuate not only the beauty of the open road, but also that of the environment surrounding it. Hope you guys find it as interesting as I did.
Some more of David's work can be found at www.dcollierphoto.com
3 comments:
I agree, this photograph is more and more interesting every time I look at it. It is so dynamic--the mountains, the trees on the plain, and the road. Each could be its own photo, and together the different layers create an awesome image.
I was also startled by the boldness of the road colors. In a country-setting picture, I would expect the road to be played down, but here the artist includes the boldest road lines in his photo. The photographer is undoubtedly making a statement about man-made material. He could have gone further down the road where the two yellow lines are less bold, yet it is the first thing that you lay your eyes on.
The road adds a strange kind of beauty to the picture, leading to the natural beauty.
I love this idea .. Engineering, roads, complex of highways, and especially mapping as earth art! What we are seeing in this image is a very stylized photograph of something majestic, even sublime. The idea of roadways is more intriguing to me than the photo, when we think of earth art ... This is a great subject to explore!
I really love this picture as well... it reminds me of a quote from Smithson's travelogues as he was driving into the Yucatan: "one is always crossing the horizon, yet it always remains distant..."
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