In my last installation, I included pieces composed from images shot in the gardens at our house in the context of imagery suggestive of spirituality, thinking of the garden as a "holy" place of sorts, and of gardening as something meditative. The images of "ordered chaos" springing from the pots and boxes on my roof stuck with me so well that this year I thought I'd try revisiting that theme, except with the summer's fotojournal focusing exclusively on the garden.
The images in this collection were created between February 1998 and January 1999, from images captured as digital stills and analog video between February and October 1998.
The flower and plant images are of my wife's garden, in our backyard, and of the second-floor roof garden I keep outside the window of my studio at our home on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC. Other images include architectural detail of the Reptile House at the National Zoo, and frames from the live TV coverage of the launch of space shuttle STS-95.
For reference: some mosaic panoramic views that may be of interest:- Staunton Square, half a block from our house, nearly complete circle, March 26 1998
- From the second floor roof, outside the studio window, facing west, overlooking 4th Street NE and the Peabody School playground, April 12 1998. Our backyard is at the center of this pan; you can just see my wife, Donna, relaxing in the hammock.
- The backyard garden, with Donna in the hammock, and the dog and cat tormenting each other, April 24 1998.
- The garden on the second floor roof, just outside the studio window, August 25 1998.
- The 400 block of Constitution Ave. NE, north side, late afternoon, September 28 1998.
- Staunton Square, shot from in front of the statue of Nathaniel Greene, 180 degrees, mid-afternoon, September 30 1998.
Tools and media included: Apple G3 Power Macintosh, Apple QuickTake 150, IXMicro TurboTV, Sony Hi8 model CCD-TRV21, Adobe Photoshop 4.0.
