my eighteen year old daughter, eva, is home for a week for spring break. she’s in her freshman year of college out in california. when we left for our six month stay in france last august, she came with us for three weeks, then flew back by herself across the atlantic to minneapolis, and from minneapolis to san francisco. we haven’t all been in our house together since that moment when we watched her wind her way through the security line in the barcelona airport on her way to a new life. this is my way of explaining why i spent the day hanging out with eva, and not making a still blog photo. instead, i pulled this test shot from my archive. it was the first photo i took on a black background, in order to decide if i might like the idea. i did. i do.
fig leaves
autignac, france
Love this, and so glad you are working in black. It’s different, for sure, from your white work, but this new work is stirring up feelings in me. Not sure I understand, but not thinking about it too hard. Just enjoying and appreciating. Also, super impressed that Eva was able to fly off to college on her own, and good for you for instilling such resilience in her.
Hi Heather,
Thank you for your thoughtful comments and kind words of encouragement.
It means the world to me to know someone out there is paying such careful attention :-)
Warmly,
Mary Jo