Snowfall and the path to Methuselah

Description

Snowfall on the path to Methuselah follows the ancient Bristlecone forests of California. It is here where the world’s oldest living trees continue to live, 4800 years old and counting. A barren rugged slate filled landscape where time passes, slowly. The image is made by photographing the tree in 4 large segments. Limited edition of 35 at this size and 15 larger. Nadia builds her art work by mixing photographed detail; from patina aged stone, or rhythmic distortions on water, to the shadows drawn by trees. It is these fragments that help her communicate the story. Nadia combines various perspectives on location which are then combined in camera or in the studio. Often the original photograph disappears from documentary single imagery toward a more painterly poetic interpreted view of the world. Using a two-dimensional static medium to record a 3 dimensional moving world has its limits she says. Sometimes a single image does it, it conveys all the emotions which I felt at that time, I can go back to that image and know it is complete. Other times there are missing elements; the bitter cold, or the storm approaching, or a sense of transition, or the peripheral imagery which added to the main.