*A photographic storytelling blog*
When I was a child, my family lived in Fort Worth. As a treat, we would visit the cultural area of the city around the stockyards, the Amon Carter museum, Casa Manana (a theater under a dome), and the zoo. The Fort Worth botanic gardens lies in that area, and inside of it is a Japanese garden, finished in the early 1970’s. It is home to many stroll paths, koi fish, a meditative rock garden, and a tea house. There is something very relaxing about this garden. Unlike other displays in the botanic garden, there are few flowers but many maple trees, a tall magnolia, ponds and bamboo. Even with the crowds of the annual spring festival, the garden seems very peaceful and contemplative.
I sought to capture this contemplative nature in my photography. With a converted camera that records infrared light, not only can you image in broad daylight, but plants take on a mystical quality, as they are rendered white.
Slice of Life 