Conservation Center Photography Show -- Spring Forest, Joe English Reserve, Amherst NH, 2001

In the spring the forests are full with fresh new growth and they teem with contrast and light.  In this image I framed the scene with the central dark tree in the center and what might seem like two paths, one on either side of that central tree.  The birch tree on the left of the center tree creates a subtle difference in the two paths, as does the somewhat brighter and open forest on the right, and makes me think of Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" even though the choices here are barely even paths.

The image was made with a Cambo 4x5 mono-rail view camera and printed with pigment ink on Hahnemülhe photo rag paper (308gsm weight).  Image size 20" x 15.6".

Spring Forest, Joe English Reserve, Amherst, NH 2001

Conservation Center Photography Show -- Rose, Amherst, New Hampshire 2000

Our garden in Amherst has many flowers that I use occasionally as subject matter for photography(see for example a previous post).  The image "Rose" was made in 2000 in situ and printed in the wet darkroom on silver gelatin paper. The delicate white pedals and high key gradations are in sharp contrast to the background of dark leaves and ground.  The rose floats above the background providing a glowing innocence although the form of the rose is somewhat irregular.

Rose, Amherst, New Hampshire, 2000

Conservation Center Photography Show -- Boulders Along the Atlantic Ocean after the Wave, Nova Scotia 1997

Photographing along Long Cove, Nova Scotia in 1997 (see previous post) I made several images of the ocean water crashing into the rocky coast.  This image is a more tranquil time when the water swirled around the rocks and gave a more peaceful presence even when the dark rocks contrasted with the (momentarily) quiet water.  The foam aftermath of the waves creates luminous water, alive with light.  This image was made with an old (ancient) Calumet monorail 4x5 view camera and grey scale film.  The image was printed with pigment ink on Hahnemülhe photo rag paper (308gsm weight).

Boulders along the Atlantic Ocean after the Wave, Long Cove, Nova Scotia, 1997

Conservation Center Photography Show

Preparations for my show at the Conservation Center in the Society for the Preservation of New Hampshire Forest are almost complete.  The show is scheduled to be installed on August 31 and will be open until the end of October, two months!  To complete the preparation I hope to put together a catalogue with a brief description of each photo.  The descriptions will be available at the show by scanning the QRE symbol with a smart phone, displaying a web page for that image.

To start the process I plan to describe the photos individually in my Blog and use that as the basis for the description in the catalogue and web page for that image.  The show has a goal of 40 images so I plan to post two a day and finish the process in mid-August.  This will also help in organizing the show and sequencing the images.

To start (in no particular order) are three images from Nova Scotia from 1997:

Boulders #1, Long Cove, Nova Scotia, 1997

Boulders #2, Long Cove, Nova Scotia

Boulders and Lighthouse, Long Cove, Nova Scotia, 1997

These three images were made at midday along the coast of Long Cove on the south shore of Nova Scotia in the summer of 1997.  I spent most of the day photographing the shore rocks, patterns on the rocks, and the waves.

The striking scenery of the folded and jumbled rocks and boulders on a largely vegetation free shore produced great enthusiasm in me as the rock patterns and shapes morphed into mental associations and a variety of emotions.  The viewers of theses images bring their own experience and background and will undoubtedly have their own unique experience.

The top two images were made with an old (ancient) Calumet monorail 4x5 view camera and grey scale film.  The lighthouse image was made with a Mamiya Flex 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 twin lens reflex camera and color film, rendered in grey scale.  All three images were printed with pigment ink on Hahnemülhe photo rag paper (308gsm weight).

Italy trip Summer 2013

Last summer we took our grandchild to Italy for two plus weeks, visiting Rome, Florence, and Venice.  Of course we had a great time and now I have put together a book showing some of the sights of the trip.  Available for preview on the Blurb site and at Jack Ahearn Photography  Several of the photos from the trip follow.

The Tevere River, the Ponte Sisto in the near distance, Saint Peters in the far distance.

The Roman Forum

Baroque illusionistic ceiling by Andrea Pozzo in Sant’Ignazio di Loyolo

Jack Ahearn Photography opens store on Etsy

I have opened an online store through the Etsy website.  My intent is to offer a limited number of items for sale through the site with an emphasis on unique or limited edition photographs or folios.  Currently the two folios I have produced, "Shells" and "Aspens," are listed as well as two framed images of the Heald Tract in Wilton NH.  See the following url to access the store:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/JackAhearn?ref=si_shop

Over time more images and folios will be added.

"Aspen" folio of BW images

I have put together a selection of  photographs in folio format from a workshop I attended at the Anderson Ranch in Snowmass Colorado in 2000 lead by John Sexton.  Time has slipped by, over 10 years already, but looking at the suite of images produced over the course of the two week workshop I thought it worthwhile to gather a small folio of those related to the aspen tree, the namesake of Aspen CO, near the location of the workshop.  The workshop experience was really expansive for my view of photography and as the workshop continued I found my photographic seeing became better, with better choice of subject, composition, and darkroom technique.  The ability to craft the image in the darkroom was a revelation.

The selection of eight photographs in the folio are a response to the spectacular natural environment and represent a development of vision during the workshop centered on the aspen.  I present these as individual images and as a group of images that resonate within the group and thus provide perhaps enhanced meaning because of this resonance.

I have submitted photographs made during the workshop to a variety of venues in the past with some success, being selected by the Maine Photographic Workshops in their yearly image contest the "Golden Light Awards" in 2001.  See Rock Wall, near the Grottoes Snowmass CO.

The Aspen folio is an edition of 25 with 5 artist proofs.  It contains signed cover page, a list of images, a statement of purpose, and a colophon.  See the Aspen Folio page for a presentation of the images and text pages