Way up in the mountains in Puerto Rico, in a tiny town called Caguana, near Utuado are these fabulous Taino Indian ball courts that are lined with petroglyphs... I've been lucky enough to go twice and just think it's one of the most fabulous places (if you can handle the journey getting there!). Photographing natural light means that sometimes you lose your sky, in b&w if you expose for say, a petroglyph in the middle of the day, your sky goes completely white - ugghhh. Very unappealing. So I've got this set of b&w images I've had up for years (took them in '99) and always think I'll scan in the negs. and play with them. Well today, I just took them off the wall and painted and dyed them. Looks so much better. It's a triptych series, so you'll probably get bored by #3, but gosh I'm happier already!
(sorry about the warpy image...)
So gorgeous!!!You given it an other worldly feel' I'm always drawn to art like this. Fantastic, Sarah (stay away from the skulls - you're doing great!)
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