follow the cobblestone road...

...until you reach Intersection: lens, light, life, an exhibit of art by oil painters Kathy Olshefsky and Fran Nicholson, gelatin monotype artist Caroline Jenney and a collection of my photography. 

If you are coming from Santa Fe, take northbound I-25 toward Las Vegas to the exit for Highway 285 south toward Lamy.  Proceed to the signal light at Vista Grande and turn right into Eldorado.  Roughly a quarter of a mile later, there is a shopping area on the left side of the road.  Do a U turn and enter it.  La Tienda Exhibit space is housed within the area.   The opening is this Saturday night, 13 July, from 5-8.  There is a second opening on Saturday, 20 July from 5-7, featuring Caroline Jenney's group, Blue Moon Prairie.  The exhibit runs until 10 August and is open from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays. I will be there on Fridays if you want to visit.  Caroline, Fran, and Kathy would also like to visit and have a chance to talk about their work.

One of my pieces in the exhibit is this image of a walkway and red door in the Belgian city of Brugge.

until next Monday,

DB

a passion for the image

Doors

As we slowly shift seasons from winter to spring, with the change that is constant in life, I think of doors and the allegories they represent.

Doors of some sort have been used by humans (and other animals) to keep the cold and heat in or out, to protect food and material goods, and to keep predators from entering.  Doors hold mystery and uncertainty, as in reality, one does not know what lies beyond a strange door.  In movies, protagonists are locking doors behind them, but frequently leave doors open, which invariably allows the villain to enter.  In modern society, one of the most common references or sayings is "one door closes and another opens."   So doors also represent excitement and possibilities.

Every time I photograph a door, a story unfolds in my mind and I want to enter.  The first two are from beautiful Brugge or Bruges (Dutch and French spellings), in Belgium.

I was really mystified by the door below on the Greek island of Crete.  

The door at the Japanese Tea Gardens in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and the doorway in Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico are incredible demonstrations of modern and ancient form and function.

A wooden doorway at Fort Ross State Historic Park in northern California, opens to a magnificent view of the Pacific Ocean.

What stories doors hold!

until next Monday,

DB

a passion for the image