Words in Stone - Prague | photogravure print - The Weekly Edition

Words in Stone - Prague | photogravure print - The Weekly EditionAs I find myself writing words about my work, and printing them with letterpress for my book editions I think about the time these words might exist. I suspect longer than the ones I commit to the internet. While I was photographing in the Olany Cemetery located in Prague I came across these words inscribed in stone. They are in Czech so I don not know them, I was struck by the permanence of the message all the same. Hand pulled photogravure print is

Madder lake

I found that many of the stories I wanted to tell on my trip to France rose up from the romance I felt for the place

beautiful vignettes of what surrounded me each day

I found this large seed pod while on a walk

I find public playing fields like this to be very beautiful in a haunting way

Winter Vines

5" inches on an 11 x 15

arrived with a wonderful 1940's coiffure

a small bit of beauty among the chaos

Over the years

playing a role of a woman from days long past

burnt umber