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first in a series of personal odysseys that explore sacred earth sites. A joint project by photographer Scott Angus and Emily Sopensky. first in a series of personal odysseys that explore sacred earth sites. A joint project by photographer Scott Angus and Emily Sopensky.
Bear Mound in black-and-white
C o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h t h e A r t i s t We drove from my cousin’s house in Ottumwa, Iowa for two hours. When I asked him if there were any sacred Indian sites in Iowa, he remembered hearing about a park with Indian mounds. We located the Bear Mound park on the map. The drive gave us a chance to catch up on our families’ activities. When we arrived, I immediately caught site of the Bear Mound. This shot was taken shortly after arriving. I liked the framing by the trees. After taking many other angles, I realized they were all boring. Unless you are taking an aerial photo, it’s hard to get a sense of the mound. This is the center of the energy of the area, I thought. It is also the only place where there are trees. There is new growth here. The focus is the middle of the mounds, where the grass is. There are different textures because the grass has not been cut but is the same type of grass surrounding the mound. I would crop closer into the mound, cutting most of the trees out of the picture. The dark green of the trees lets the viewers see the mounds without being distracted by the intensity of the green. I want the viewer to really see the mounds. 13
- Page 5 and 6: SACRED EARTH SITES: SEEING THE UNSE
- Page 8 and 9: TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S PREFAC
- Page 10 and 11: THE ITINERARY 1. MONTICELLO, VIRGIN
- Page 12 and 13: ON LOCATION 1 I M O N T I C E L L O
- Page 15 and 16: C o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h t
- Page 17: Bear Mound, Iowa. Bear Mound - Effi
- Page 21 and 22: “Wineman’s” Bluff, Missouri.
- Page 23 and 24: C o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h t
- Page 25 and 26: Mountain Ridge, Colorado Plateau, C
- Page 27 and 28: C o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h t
- Page 29 and 30: Stone Circle, Colorado. Stone Circl
- Page 31 and 32: C o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h t
- Page 33 and 34: Endless Embrace. Scruff in the fore
- Page 35 and 36: C o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h t
- Page 37: Undulating Seams. Shot at high noon
- Page 40 and 41: Eternal Sky Meets Age-old Artifices
- Page 43 and 44: C o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h t
- Page 45: Beyond Approach. Cliffs drop off to
- Page 48 and 49: ON LOCATION 9 I BLACK MESA, ARIZONA
- Page 50 and 51: A Stairway (Black Mesa, Arizona). S
- Page 52 and 53: ON LOCATION 10 I S U P E R S T I T
- Page 54 and 55: The Stillness of a Whisper. Apache
- Page 56 and 57: ON LOCATION 11 I B O R D E R , A R
- Page 58 and 59: Arizona-Nevada border, north of the
- Page 60 and 61: ON LOCATION 12 I A N A S A Z I R U
- Page 62 and 63: The Winding Way. Arizona Anasazi Ru
- Page 64 and 65: ON LOCATION 13 I Z U N I L A N D S
- Page 66 and 67: Split Tree in Black-and-White. A Zu
Bear Mound in black-and-white
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