The Ones I Like List of 2008 - A Countdown [#2]

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passionate earth - I set out fairly early in 2008 to do something I hadn't done yet in my photography -- create a series of intentionally unified images. The result, my red series, or as I refer to it, passionate earth. To date, I have eighteen completed photos in the series, and probably another ten or so in the queue, waiting to be completed. I've enjoyed the exercise of "creating" greatly, so I plan to continue with passionate earth in 2009.

In addition to being the year I went "red," 2008 was also the year that square won. Many of my passionate earth photos...many of my photos period...were presented with a square frame. Square is so nice and neat; it's everything that my photography isn't. It's the box that I refuse to be placed it. But something about the way "square" feels I like. It's quirky (not the standard 8x10 offering) and it's contained (let's hear it for our favorite parallelogram!) all in the same breath. Who doesn't like that...viva la ying and viva la yang!

I chose passionate earth because it was one of the first photos that I created from the series and it best captures the feeling that I want to convey with the set. It turned out just as I planned it. It is also the series's namesake...for precisely that reason. To see more of the passionate earth series, you can check out the flickr set here.