what an amazing day today — I signed up to go back to school in the spring (yes, I’m going to finish my degree, dammit!) and then when I got home I discovered I’d made my first sale over at istockphoto.com. Apparently, someone actually had use for a picture of a burnt hot dog.. hahaha!
nice! and it’s friday to boot!
so yes, i spent a gorgeous afternoon on angel island last saturday, mostly to see what kind of imagery i might pull from that rather dry piece of rock jutting out of the north bay {gawd, did that sound pretentious or what?}
anyway, i did get a behind-the-scenes tour of the old POW barracks, and really enjoyed photographing some of the artifacts from that time period during the 40s when angel island was nothing more than a lightly disguised prison.
there is an aching tension in those walls, even now, and i wished i were fluent in japanese — there are poems etched deep into the wood here… painted over again and again, but still thoroughly legible. i find that quite endearing. the souls are long since gone, but their words remain.
the photo below is my favorite from the shoot, though i hope to post more here as the day progresses.
hope you are all well,
c
