It’s not just what you see but also what you hear. This water moving in the cold of winter, it is not soundless. There is music here.
Photographs of surface reflections on moving water from the series Surface, Submerge.
© Karen McRae, 2013
It’s not just what you see but also what you hear. This water moving in the cold of winter, it is not soundless. There is music here.
Photographs of surface reflections on moving water from the series Surface, Submerge.
© Karen McRae, 2013
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Beautiful, mesmerising work
Thank you, Emily!
I hear it – the sound of water and the sound of birds is paradise. Thanks, Karen.
Thank you for your comment, Judy. Birds too, yes, they are there…
Impressionism in sound. Karen, thank you
A pleasure – thank you!
Yes, I can hear —– Claude Debussy might be too idiosyncratic, so I’ll
go to JS Bach’s Well tempered Clavier, Book one kind 😉
Or just listen as it is ?
Perhaps it’s just a matter of taste. : )
Excellent Karen! Love the flowing patterns.
Thank you, Phil!
Often in our wild walks Steve wishes he were recording sound while I’m taking pictures. How fortunate that our bodies are the total sensory package, and we always take them with us wherever we travel!
I sometimes make little videos just for the sound reference so I know what you mean. But yes, our bodies hold these experiences, too.
I’m just loving these Karen.
I was standing in the middle of a stream today taking pictures and I was mesmerised by the water flowing over the rocks and the sound it was making. Coupled with the crashing surf in the background, it was quite an onslaught on the senses.
Adrian, thank you. Water just means so much doesn’t it? It is a sensory experience that is most worthwhile.
Very sensitive.
Thank you, Allen.
I agree that so many ‘visual’ experiences are actually the convergence of a variety of sensorial experiences. Tthe challenge is to capture and express this wider field. One of the joys of your work is that so often your succeed in reflecting this multisensorial response.
Louis, it’s very nice to read your reaction, thanks very much!
I can hear it. So lovely. As delicate as the sounds.
Thank you, Elena.
So great. I especially like them when the trees are emerging. Magical, Karen. With your soft touch.
Bente, thank you for your very kind comment.
One of my favorites.
Thank you, David.
I feel the movement Karen 🙂 Lovely!
: )
these photographs are very moving.
Thank you, I love that you find them moving.
…soft and peaceful notes, lyrical!
🙂
Thank you, Marina!
Very evocative work Karen!! It draws you into a quiet place in yourself so you can be with it exclusively! What a talent!
Mimo, thanks for that comment – lovely!
I love your blog and series! Beautiful!
Thank you, Susie! Much appreciated.
I was hearing the music before you even mentioned it. Just perfect.
: )
Tangled, beautiful – carefully shattered images. BTW these work very well with early 20th Century classical music – I’m listening to a documentary as I type. I just heard this: “You have to destroy to grow.” It fits these images very well, I think.
“Carefully shattered” – love that. And your quote, too!
Thank you, Richard.
A cross sensual experience. Did you know that Scriabin was a synaesthete ( he heard colors)?
I did not know that – a fascinating thought…
I’ve often noticed the sound of water as it moves beneath the ice. So beautifully illustrated (thru word and image) here.
Isn’t there something so incredibly hopeful about that sound?
Thank you, Marcie.
Oh, sound, absolutely..dark and deep..
I love that I can find that sound in the middle of winter. Thankfully not everything freezes.
The sound of water is balm for the soul..beautiful work Karen
Oh, I agree, Helen. Thank you.
Really lovely, they have an incredible, soft geometry to them. And a great welcoming winter color.
Thank you, Sarah!