(A Work in Progress)
~ More photographs will probably be added ~
Book Nine
A Collection of 12x12" Inkjet Prints
May 2, 2024
Introduction
This Ninth Book or Collection of 12x12" inkjet printed images may be the last in the series. (We will see.) Please visit the following link to view my updated list of completed Inkjet Print Books, Projects (and other LARGER sized print projects).
The images I am presenting here are among my most favorite photographs, often for very personal reasons; however what is most important to me are the images which were functioning for me as a True, living Symbols at the time I chose to include them in this project. True Symbols are images radiant with their own inner light, with the grace, the divine presence of my Creative Process. I have included a broad range of images, themes, concepts, etc. from my extensive 60 year archive of images here and in my other 12x12" Books, to the extent possible given the limitations of the square format I have placed on my Books project. (See my Collection of Theme-Related Blog Projects)
The symmetrical photographs I have included here are among my most favorite images, perhaps because they are the most literal visual embodiment of the idea of a True, living symbol, an image which conjoins corresponding images from the inner and outer worlds. True living symbols make palpable in feeling (and in formal appearance) a kind of meaning that is not sayable, but nonetheless invokes an inner sense that what I am experiencing is about something essential within my own Being. I am certain this "something within" has to do with an archetypal Truth: the Oneness of Being. As a student of Siddha Yoga Meditation (since 1987) I have an experiential sense that we all share the same inner, Supreme Self.
I invite you to visit these links:
Symmetrical Photographs a collection of Images, Projects and Texts
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I have placed under all the photographs below an Image #, a title (usually descriptive) and under certain images I have included some commentary and/or a link to related projects and images.
Again, I want to stress that all the images published in my blog versions of the 12x12" Books and Projects exist as 12x12" inkjet prints of impressive technical quality. However the images published on my blog can seem--in their initial appearance in the blog's default presentation mode on your computer screen--a bit unsharp, and at times a bit tonally flat, particularly on desktop and laptop computers. This is due to technical issues related to image compression, among other things. ~ It is possible for you to see the blog images with excellent resolution and luminous tonalities in an alternative viewing mode by clicking twice on any image in my blog projects. You can also zoom in or out on the image and adjust the screen brightness as desirable. (To learn more about the technical issues involved, read my following explanation: How to Best View My Online Blog Project Images).
The Photographs
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(In late June, 2024 I removed some images from this collection causing brakes in the numbering)
12x12" Book Nine: Image #1 Bus Window, with blue dots above a sleeping passenger's head
See my project: Window Pictures
12x12" Book Nine: Image #2 Tire Swing
See my project The Space Between Color and Black&White
12x12" Book Nine: Image #3 Make-Shift Studio Lamp
12x12" Book Nine: Image #4 Wood bird hanging from a floor lamp
12x12" Book Nine: Image #5 Floor Lamp & shadow, Mirror with red flower reflection
12x12" Book Nine: Image #6 Window with Venetian Blinds & a line of light dots
12x12" Book Nine: Image #7 Bird & Rain drops on our Picture Window
See my project In the Woods
12x12" Book Nine: Image #9 Broad Brook Stones, light, shadows
See my other Broad Brook projects
12x12" Book Nine: Image #10 Approaching Abstraction (glass covered table, lamp, plant)
12x12" Book Nine: Image #11 Puddle with reflection and three fallen leaves
12x12" Book Nine: Image #13 Hanging cloths hanger, clips, light
12x12" Book Nine: Image #14 Two doors, closet with light cord, light
12x12" Book Nine: Image #15 Green edge of glass plate, picture window, meadow & woods
12x12" Book Nine: Image #16 Hudson River Valley, Heart shaped wet lands
See my Hudson River Valley Project
12x12" Book Nine: Image #18 North Meadow, early morning fog, with red and TV lights
12x12" Book Nine: Image #19 South Meadow, Pink and Yellow Storm Clouds
12x12" Book Nine: Image #20 Rainy day: Our back deck, the N pond, sliding glass door & screen
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12x12" Book Nine: Image #21 Man's Face, O.F.* (with eyes closed)
*(Out of Focus)
12x12" Book Nine: Image #22 "Animal Face"
12x12" Book Nine: Image #23 "Startled Face"
12x12" Book Nine: Image #24 Lined Portrait (Gloria O.F., with concussion 1969)
12x12" Book Nine: Image #25 Lined Portrait (Thinking Thoughts )
12x12" Book Nine: Image #26 Baby (Looking Back)
12x12" Book Nine: Image #27
12x12" Book Nine: Image #28 Snow & Plants Configuration ( C. / )
12x12" Book Nine: Image #29 Windblown Plants in Snow
12x12" Book Nine: Image #30 "Mary" (solarized print)
See my 1971-72 MFA Thesis Photographs, New Mexico Landscapes & Interiors
12x12" Book Nine: Image #31 Old man sitting; young girl, sitting
See my project Silent Dialogues
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12x12" Book Nine: Image #32 (Inversed) light and shadow on sand
12x12" Book Nine: Image #33 Thunderstorm windblown bird feeder, N Meadow & Pond
12x12" Book Nine: Image #34 Driveway puddle & reflections
12x12" Book Nine: Image #35 Frozen Circle in the South Pond
Symmetrical Photographs
12x12" Book Nine: Image #36 Symmetrical Photograph "Scary Angle"
12x12" Book Nine: Image #37 Symmetrical Photograph (House Vent Pipes)
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12x12" Book Nine: Image #38 Symmetrical Photograph (Broad Brook Road)
See my project Broad Brook Road
12x12" Book Nine: Image #39 Symmetrical Photograph (Leaves and shadows on Tree Trunk)
12x12" Book Nine: Image #40 Symmetrical Photograph (Shadows on aluminum boat ramp)
12x12" Book Nine: Image #41 Symmetrical Photograph (Birds in leafless tree)
See my project City of Souls
12x12" Book Nine: Image #42 Symmetrical Photograph (Reflections in our back deck glass door)
12x12" Book Nine: Image #46 Symmetrical Photograph (Cloud forest, Costa Rica)
12x12" Book Nine: Image #47 Symmetrical Photograph (dark-light propeller)
12x12" Book Nine: Image #49 Symmetrical Photograph, Blue Snow Angel
12x12" Book Nine: Image #50 Symmetrical Photograph, Blue Angel of Broad Brook
12x12" Book Nine: Image #51 Symmetrical Photograph, Gold and Blue Broad Brook ripples
Triadic Repetitions & Poems
12x12" Book Nine: Image #52 Triadic figure with lines Neg/Pos (Homage to Giacometti)
2x12" Book Nine: Image #53 Triadic repetition continuum (Fly on block)
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12x12" Book Nine: Image #54 Triadic Poem (Hand & sparkler, Old man sitting, falling leaves)
12x12" Bk Nine, #55 Triadic poem ( Woman walking into light, foggy landscape, Waving Goodbye)
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This project was first announced on
my bog's Welcome Page on
May 2, 2024 /revised June 24, 2024
(In late June, 2024 I removed some images from this collection causing brakes in the numbering)
(In early July I added several images)
Related Blog Project Links
How to Best View My Online Blog Images with your desktop or laptop computer.
Symmetrical Photographs a collection of Images, Projects and Texts
Please visit the Welcome Page to my blog The Departing Landscape. It includes the complete hyperlinked listing of my online photography projects dating from the most recent to those dating back to the 1960's. You will also find on the Welcome Page my resume, contact information . . . and much more.
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