The Birds Have Vanished
The birds have vanished into the sky
And now the last cloud drains away
We sit together, the mountain and me,
Until only the mountain remains
—Li Po
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There is a beauty and a darkness here in Humboldt County that is elemental and powerful and I am drawn to the dichotomous relationships of strength and fragility—of the solid and the ephemeral.
One becomes aware of time in a different way here, felt in the magnitude of the redwoods, the rhythmic movement of the ocean, and the fleeting transience of those who pass through. The photographs gathered in this body of work are my efforts to reflect on the impacts of this perception of time and place and to make images where these experiences become tangible.
-Dave Woody