Dematerialization of the Object of Art

12-2-2008, Calhoun House facing west.

Shrubbery, Roggen, CO

12-2-2008, Soldier-Near Ft. Morgan, CO

Hills, Mounds, Piles

I went on a long overdue day-long road trip on Tuesday. It was one of those "unseasonably warm" Colorado days, and I knew that I wouldn't see 65 degrees again for a while. In fact, I woke up to several inches of snow today.

I drove out to Yuma, Colorado which is almost to the Kansas state line. At the end of the day after loading all my images into Lightroom, I noticed a strange theme to my shooting throughout the day. I photographed hills. All kinds of hills. Anthills, bushes in the shape of hills, natural terrain and at one point a 15 foot pile of corn. In the shape of a hill, of course. What is the deal??

 

 

All images copyright © Patti Hallock 2008

In thinking about those anthills I was photographing, I remembered a story I saw about a teacher that makes molds of the complex tunnels that ants create to help us visualize the underground world they live in. Nature as art: