Size: 7.5” x 7.5” on 8.5” x 11” 300gsm Heavy Matte Paper

Signed & stamped in verso

One thousand two hundred miles since we left Seattle. Early in my landscape career. The wind is swirling and I’m experimenting with subtle movement. The swaying yellow grass will form a patterns that mirror the cloud above, but I won’t see that until after the film is processed. I was so focused on shooting I didn’t appreciate until later where I was. Wounded Knee South Dakota, where on December 29th, 1890 the U.S. 7th Cavalry massacred over 250 Lakota Children, Women and Men. Twenty U.S. soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor.

Metaphors in art are often fomented from the artist, especially if the artist is trying to force a specific point of view. Other pieces the metaphor is more subtle, sometimes unintentional. I think that’s what happened here. Knowing the history of the place this image is taken the viewer is left up to their own interpretation. I’m not forcing anything here.

Date: 2003

Technical Info: Hasselblad, Fuji Velvia 100 color film, 50mm lens, no filtration