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Carolyn Monastra
lovely, dark and deep #28

2008

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Edition 1 of 5 Carolyn Monastra's series "Lovely, Dark and Deep,” excerpted from Robert Frost poem, explores the natural wonders of the wilderness. Dramatic and awe-inspiring landscapes, the color photographs in this ongoing series have painterly, atmospheric hues. Each image is an edition of 5 and comes in two sizes: 30 x 38 inches or 16 x 20 inches lovely, dark and deep (2005 - 2010) Mysterious twilit landscapes I draw from the fragmentary space of dreams and my experiences with the environment to discover and create mystery in the natural world. Whereas most landscape photographers seek out grand sweeping vistas, with this project,I am interested in the smaller, sometimes disquieting worlds that exist off the beaten path. It is a darker, enigmatic beauty to which I am drawn -that of the shadowy forests of Hansel and Gretel not the pristine views of Ansel Adams. These long twilit exposures, taken with a large format film camera, exemplify both the seduction and apprehension the woods hold for me during the blue hour. As dusk falls, objects become hazy and sounds amplified. In these dense lush images, punctuated byoverlapping areas of clarity and haziness, the world is a more mystifying but still
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