Faith and Fate by JSWaters

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16-JAN-2007

Mission Tumacocori Graveyard
Tubac, Arizona

Two others added today (the last of the crosses!):

Canon EOS 5D
1/1250s f/5.6 at 24.0mm iso100 hide exif

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Craig Persel		02-Sep-2007 23:24
Outstanding.

Eric Herbelin		30-Aug-2007 07:34
superb! v

Guest		19-Aug-2007 02:19
My fav from your Mission series. Awesome!

Guest		20-Jul-2007 23:11
so atmospheric

Dave Wyman		07-Jun-2007 21:23
In a way, the shadows are as real as the objects that create them. I've wondered if we ourelves are perhaps just shadows of something else we can not perceive. I enjoy your photograph - subjects, composition, the light and lack of it.

Roe..		29-May-2007 13:55
see me..feel me..touch me..heal me..Jenene you've blown me away with this brilliant image..

Guest		25-May-2007 11:15
Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Perfect Janine.

shatterbug		25-May-2007 06:50
Superb image! You once again are using the light and shadows to tell your story of good and evil. The tree shadow looks like a fork in the road...which path will you choose?

Guest		23-May-2007 04:56
Does man become the shadow of himself when in the grave? Is there something on the other side that is not seen on this side? A very symbolic image, very well constructed. Bravo!

Guest		23-May-2007 03:50
excellent image! the shadows also speak of the ephemeral nature of life, things always changing, always temporary... you have captured the mood of this place very well...

JSWaters		23-May-2007 01:48
This is by far my favorite image from the Mission series. Phil's analysis that it links the fate of man to the course of nature is very close to my reaction not only to the site of this image, but the entire Mission grounds. The hand of man was very evident throughout the grounds, but the essence of man and his relationship to this place was most powerful for me here, in the graveyard. This image conveyed that overall relationship the best. - J

Cindi Smith		22-May-2007 23:29
Okay, this is absolutely fabulous! The shadows and the cross just blew me away! This is one of your best! Excellent work! V

Phil Douglis		22-May-2007 22:01
This is a far more abstract image than the other two cross pictures you link us to below. It asks more of the viewer's imagination, and offers a more thought provoking metaphor, linking the fate of man to the course of nature. The shadows of the trees swallow the grave, making this image simultaneously incongruous, abstract, and humane. It is one of your finest images. Your concept has much in common with an image I made in San Diego a few years ago: http://www.pbase.com/image/28253762 Congratulations, Jenene -- this is masterful.

Ray :)		22-May-2007 20:28
Warm, reflective and beautiful... ~V~

Mostafa Moftah		22-May-2007 19:05
Amazing play of shadows..

Adalberto Tiburzi		22-May-2007 18:34
Great photo! Adal

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