Abstract islands of blemishes create their own microcosms, vignettes of surreal creatures populating a canvass of indeterminate scope. In this scene the geometry is complex and elusive: mesas dotting barren plains seen from a satellite's perch? malformed cells under antigen attack? Or perhaps a Jurassic chick floating in a pool of primordial tar . . .
While relishing my acutely, achingly brief time in the Arizona desert last weekend I was yet again struck by the unfathomable diversity and potential interpretations inherent in the essence of every rock and plant which marinated my senses.
This photograph is but one of literally thousands of miniature constructions demanding my eyes' attention; the offering at hand is a minuscule expanse of surface on a large, mature and regal saguaro.
Saguaro Detail (Kafkaesque Embryo), #2518
© 2010 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.
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Details: November 13, 2010; Canon 20D; f/11 @ 1/800 sec; —1/3 EV; ISO 400; 100mm.
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