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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.
Stone Circle in southern Colorado 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 When I saw this artificial ridge, I thought it would be like a mound. The whole thing is a ruin. I would hope that someday the site will be excavated and we will find out what is in it. My focus is the grass. I wanted to show what’s possibly coming up from the ground. Grass represents energy, the life after death. The viewer’s focus are the mountains in the background. The dominant colors are golds and browns. If I were to crop it, I’d like to see less of the wall. It dominates the picture too much now. That is not what I want to be the focus. Turning it vertically, would also diffuse the rock wall’s dominance. Were there other angles for this photograph? I don’t think so. I took more shots below the wall. They didn’t show enough of the grassy hill. The trisects of colors— yellow grass, green bushes, blue grey sky/mountains—I want them all to be in balance. 25
- 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 and 18: Bear Mound, Iowa. Bear Mound - Effi
- Page 19 and 20: C o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h t
- 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: Stone Circle, Colorado. Stone Circl
- 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
- Page 68 and 69: ON LOCATION 14 I E S C A L A N T E
- Page 70 and 71: Bleak Plateau. In black-and-white,
- Page 72 and 73: Sagacious Sage. A backward glance c
- Page 74 and 75: Sage Glance. The black and white ta
- Page 76 and 77: Waves Frozen in Motion. This image
- Page 78 and 79: Holding Pen. So much more depth sho
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<br />
When I saw this artificial ridge, I thought it would be like a mound. The whole thing<br />
is a ruin. I would hope that someday the site will be excavated and we will find out<br />
what is in it.<br />
My focus is the grass. I wanted to show what’s possibly coming up from the<br />
ground. Grass represents energy, the life after death.<br />
The viewer’s focus are the mountains in the background. The dominant colors are<br />
golds and browns.<br />
If I were to crop it, I’d like to see less of the wall. It dominates the picture too<br />
much now. That is not what I want to be the focus. Turning it vertically, would also<br />
diffuse the rock wall’s dominance.<br />
Were there other angles for this photograph? I don’t think so. I took more shots<br />
below the wall. They didn’t show enough of the grassy hill. The trisects of colors—<br />
yellow grass, green bushes, blue grey sky/mountains—I want them all to be in<br />
balance.<br />
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