Guest Lecture at Falmouth University, April 20th, 2020.
With Jesse Alexander
The Pastoral-Jesse mentioned that in this crisis we are all sort of living a pastoral life now. Often mythology of the countryside, which is not so much misrepresentation but partial.
Death- suicide particularly males.
Elegy- poem or remembrance.
A pastoral elegy, like a poem or a remembrance of mourning, represented in the nature.
Quotes shared by Jesse Alexander, screenshot by author.
Methodology- shooting a half a roll or so at a time. Not so rigorous. Using slide film- which seems natural since it's very indexical of the subject. Slide is also good for color and it responds to the subtleties of light. And shooting with a tripod. The aestheticized territory has both felt risky and liberating for him.
Interesting that he used the term 'portraits of trees.' But I feel that is accurate after seeing some of the work he shared.
A fellow student recommended Overstory by Richard Powers as catalyst as a new way to look at trees:
One last quote shared by Jesse (Screenshot by Author):
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