The Music Inspired
Photography Projects
Between 1999 and 2012 I created three large multi-chaptered projects inspired by the music of American composer Morton Feldman (1926-1987). The title of my blog, The Departing Landscape, was borrowed from Feldman's writing about his work.
The Departing Landscape Project 2007-12
The Triadic Memories Project 2003-007
Garage Series 1999-2000
Besides the music of Morton Feldman, my creative process has been influenced by Jazz composer-performer Steve Lacy, and the man who inspired him with his quirky music, Thelonious Monk.
My early (1994-2000) Studies project was inspired by the contemporary composers such as William Bolcom and many other composers who wrote miniature piano pieces.
My most recent music inspired project Homage to Federico Mompou was published in September, 2019. And be sure to see my two projects in Homage to Valentin Silvestrov: Studies X : 24 Photographs published in June, 2019 and Symmetrical Snow Photographs : Homage to Alfred Stieglitz, Minor White, the Equivalent Photographs, and composer Valentin Silvestrov May 21, 2018 / revised January 2020
My Negative Print Project was inspired by a brief piano piece by Franz Liszt, Grey Cloud.
Chopin's Nocturnes were an important influence on my Color Diptychs project.
My River Song Project was inspired by English pastoral music composed by Delius, Vaughan Williams, Frank Bridge, and others. Their influence can also sensed in my project about the Hudson River Valley.
A major book hand bound book project, Kraus, 1968 was created for my Senior Visual Thesis requirement at the Institute of Design in Chicago. The book project was inspired by the Leimotif idea used by Wagner in his Ring Cycle. It influenced the way I sequenced the images in the book and used recurring images with slight variations within the sequence.
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Chronology of Music Inspired Projects
(most recent to earliest)
Homage to Federico Mompou Sept, 2019Chronology of Music Inspired Projects
(most recent to earliest)
Seeing the Blackbird March 14, 2020 Photographs & Poems (Studies XI)
A project inspired in part by the Brahms Final Piano Pieces, performed by Stephen Hough
24 Photographs : Homage to Valentin Silvestrov June 2019
Symmetrical Snow Photographs : Homage to Alfred Stieglitz, Minor White, the Equivalent, and composer Valentin Silvestrov May 21, 2018 / revised January 2020
The Departing Landscape Project 2007-12 third project in Homage to Morton Feldman
The Triadic Memories Project 2003-007 second project in Homage to Morton Feldman
Garage Series 1999-2000 first project in Homage to Morton Feldman
Studies 1994 - 2000 miniature photographs inspired by miniature piano pieces
Homage to Thelonious Monk 1994 - 2000
Color Diptychs 1990 - 92 Homage to Chopin, the Nocturnes
River Song Project 1988 - 89 Homage to English Pastoral Music
Lake Series & Homage to Charles Ives 1981 - 82
Negative Print Project 1978 - 80 Homage to Liszt, "The Gray Cloud"
Steve Lacy Series 1977-78
Kraus, 1968 A hand bound book of photographs in Homage to Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle
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