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In some ways I am frustrated with my fort images - there is so
much to work with, and so many different aspects to approach the ruins
from that it is almost inconceivable that I will ever complete working
with them. This is I suppose a positive element, but realizing that a
project can never be truly wrapped up changes one's approach to it.
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The image above is titled "Homage to H.R.Geiger", and though
there are no biological elements to the image the moment I saw it
through the camera, I knew what the title would be. The source of the image
is a WWI gun, still in its emplacement. Prior to this year I
pointedly avoided including the few remaining guns in my images, the
obvious reminder of the purpose of the forts clashed with my
understanding of the sites as they are now.
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The remainder of the
afternoon was spent working my way about 300 feet from where I started -
a very contemplative, introspective day of photographing. In some ways
this was one of the best sessions I've ever done in a fort, having both
the time and frame of mind necessary to reveal what I sought. The
clarity of the H.R.Geiger image was in my mind the rest of the day, and I
couldn't have been more pleased with its translation onto film.
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