Jared & Kari

I'm in my second week as an Artist-in-Residence at our middle school and it has me thinking a lot about my work and photography in general. I've shared a quick history of photography with the students, talked about the rules of photography and the tools needed to make a photograph, and also the power of a photograph. Photos tell a story, much like a video or a book. They can stir up emotions and quickly return us to a time we treasure. They can provide raw truths, false positives and sacred reality, whether it be for us to share or pack away for safe keeping.

Last summer, I had the honor of traveling to Eagle River to document Jared & Kari's story and the start of their new adventure. 

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100 Days of Summer, week 1

May 26th: first day of Summer break, sneaking Skittles

May 27th: box art, endless fun

May 28th: the creek

May 29th: an apple a day...

May 30th: tug-of-war

May 31st: in the car wash

June 1st: sun bathing in cold, sunny weather

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Brendan & Sarah

'i want to travelacross the world & breathe the air

of new places.' -unknown

Each year, the swans travel south, destination unknown. They always return to the lakes & each summer, we watch them when we drive out the road. There used to be two, last summer we saw more. Every time they swim across the lake, it's magnificent. They're usually far away, which seems to emphasize their beauty. Even at a distance, they're so distinguishable.

Did you know swans mate for life? I learned this the day I photographed Sarah & Brendan's ceremony. Perhaps these two swans we've watched over the years, headed south to start a family...or maybe they brag about the most beautiful place on earth, & their friends couldn't resist the urge to travel north to Alaska; landing on the lakes of Pasagshak, with their life partner's.

Sarah's Brendan swan; some day soon they might travel south & then in the summer's their friends will all eagerly await their return home.