Centralia Anchor Fest, Summer 2010

 

Three images taken at the Centralia Anchor Fest, last summer.  A warm, sultry night when strange things were just yearning to be photographed.  Thanks to Matt for letting me borrow his camera that evening.

February Thaw, Columbia

A single oak leaf is suspended on the rock basin of a Boone County creek.  This photograph is a tonal and poetic counterpoint to the February Frost photo a couple posts back.  Taken on County House Creek, a few blocks from my house, during a warmish February day when most of the snow that fell on Columbia only weeks before was melting to fatten the local creeks.

Van Meter State Park

Another warm season photo, to keep at bay the dispiriting influence of February's leaden skies.  This was taken during an October camping trip at Van Meter State Park, north of Marshall.  The park has done a significant amount of work putting in an elevated boardwalk around and through the Missouri River wetlands.  It is a profoundly beautiful place to find yourself on a foggy morning in late October.

Hiking at Gans Creek

A summertime image to break the gray monotony of mid-February.  I found this serendipitous scene while hiking at Gans Creek wild area with Kevin Dingman, a couple summers ago.

Article about my Missouri rural church project

February 11, 2011

Stephen Bybee's Entropy-Slowing Photography

"It is a simple fact that entropy is the path that all things must follow, whether living or dead, animate or inanimate, consciously aware or blissfully oblivious. It is also a fact that us pesky humans consistently strive to slow or hurry the process of entropy, the choice being dependent on an advantage perceived by a given group at a given time. But regardless of the speed or the level of humanoid stubbornness/complicity, entropy will see its natural task fulfilled, turning order to disorder, with a neutral indifference that is both brutal and benign."
 Read more:  http://www.crickettoes.com

 The talented writer and blogger Mary Dally-Muenzmaier has been gracious enough to post an article about my Missouri Church Documentary series on her art and culture blog, Crickettoes.com.  Take a look at the rest of the article, and Mary's blog, at www.crickettoes.com  Thanks Mary!

Febraury Frost

Frost detail on the garage window, on a very cold morning in early February.

Arrowhead Motel Neon, Business Loop, Columbia

The Arrow Head Motel neon sign, down on the east end of the business loop, in Columbia.  I photographed the sign back in 1999, when the owners were still switching on the neon every night.  I haven't seen it on in over three years. 

Utility Pole in Blizzard

A street light on Broadway, during last night's blizzard in Columbia.  I couldn't free my car from the mound of snow in which it was entombed, so I walked down Broadway for an hour or two, taking a few shots and speaking words of commiseration with nocturnal snow shovelers.