'Inner landscapes'
“Death Valley” (archival pigment print), by Jane Paradise, in her joint show with Alan Strassman, “American Landscape: Two Views,’’ at Galatea Fine Art, Boston, through Nov. 28.
She writes:
“My photographs represent several road trips across the East and West coasts over the past 13 years. Before my husband came down with Alzheimer’s, these road trips were an integral part of our lives. During one road trip up the California coast, we carved our initials into the side of a bullet-ridden abandoned car, shown in the image ‘Vichy Springs.’
“Looking over the photographs of our travels, I selected images that reflect the vast variations of the quirky American experience. Underlying the images of our culture are themes of its humanity. Sometimes it is turning away from one's surroundings to survey inner landscapes, catching a moment in time."
She lives in Provincetown.
Over Provincetown: Looking south east from the top of Pilgrim Monument. Macmillan Wharf, far left. Fishermen's Wharf, left-center. Coast Guard Pier, far right. Long Point, right and center, just below the horizon, with Long Point Light near the tip (just left of center).
— Photo by RoySmith
P Town's jarring juxtapositions
“Herring Cove Bathhouse Provincetown’’ (archival pigment print), by Jane Paradise, in her show “Classic Provincetown: Photographs of Provincetown and the Province Lands,’’ through Sept. 29, at Galatea Fine Art, Boston.
The gallery says:
“Provincetown is a jarring combination of natural beauty and thriving commercial enterprise. It is incongruous in its landscape and culture. Parts are so pristine that your eyes hurt with the raw beauty, but in summer it is sometimes so crazy with throngs of people that one can get lost and life can slip by quicker than sand in an hourglass. Two irreconcilable sides. Where the human and natural landscapes mingle to tell a unique story.’’
On Commercial Street in Provincetown.
In the Province Lands
Wait till you see the summer debris
"Winter Debris, Herring Cove, Provincetown,'' by Jane Paradise, in the show "The Tip: Images of the Outer Cape,'' with fellow photographer Dan Larkin at the Gallery UPSTAIRS, in Orleans, Mass., May 31-July 10.
Rent it before it washes away
"Wells Dune Shack (Provincetown)'' (archival digital photo), by Jane Paradise, in her show "Dune Shacks of Provincetown,'' at Galatea Fine Art, Boston, March 1-March 29. Do you prefer sandy coasts or rocky ones?