Living Spaces 8

This series of posts elicited two particularly eloquent responses via email (other comments below):

“Dear Sir, Thank you for these photographs. In the clutter of my daily life your pictures invite me to living and living spaces that are clear, nuanced, simple, textured, and — especially when I look at the 4th one with that lovely gentle veiling and unveiling— not beholden to fear, the fear of peace or of dying. But lest I get too serious here: they also remind me of the sweet smell of laundry drying outside (I live in paradise, no pollution here). Best wishes and thank you again.” —Rahel Hahn

“Each picture is like a visual poem calling to mind Emily Dickenson in their spare and ambiguous content.” —Weston Naef, Founding Curator of Photographs, J. Paul Getty Museum

1.  Ameno (Lago di Orta), Italy, circa 2005

2. Ameno (Lago di Orta),  Italy, circa 2005

3.  Ameno  (Lago di Orta), Italy, circa 2005

4.  Gualala, California, circa 2013

5. Gualala, California, circa 2013

6.  Lago di Orta, Italy, circa 1989

7. Orta San Giulio, Italy, circa 1992

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