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Fawn Fog

Fawn Fog” Copyright 2011 Patricia Spork is a series of my horse images, of which, I share a few with you further below.

Fawn” (a.k.a. “Fartin’ Fawn“) is a roan mare we’ve had for years. She is a pigeon-toed sweetie-babe subject to photo-taking abuse from me. LOL! Recently, seeings dogs and horses misted by early morning fog had me grab my cheap digital camera and take a few pictures. I started shooting the horses, but by time got to dogs, fog was lifting. That same day, I did my “digital frolic” by enhancing and manipulating some of the photographs using photo editing software. Fun, fun!

Sad and bad news daily fogs the mind in objectionable ways, so today, figured I’d give your ‘ol fogged mind (and mine) a bit of fogged serenity with “Fawn Fog“. The first image is a reduced version of original vertical shot, showing Fawn’s full body. I cropped original to a horizontal image keeping Fawn’s head and upper body as main subject. From there, wound up withFawn Fog V Dark“  (painted effects) and “Fawn Fog V Light” (V Dark lightened with additional blur effects). All images Copyright 2011 Patricia Spork.

Free download: Right click on images below to save each to your computer for Non-Commercial Personal Use Only [NCPUO] as long as you do not resize, manipulate or enhance any image in any way and you credit each image with it’s title and my copyright notice, and do not use any image in libelous, slanderous or pornographic way. Any question about these rights or others, contact me. Thanks.

Have a serene day or night!

 

Fawn Fog V Dark by Patricia Spork 2011

Fawn Fog V Light by Patricia Spork

ACEO

JayBird ACEO

JayBird by Patricia Spork Sold OutJayBirdACEO [Art Cards, Editions and Originals] is miniature art of a Blue Jay bird.

JayBird” Copyright 1998 Patricia Spork is digitally manipulated and enhanced artwork created from one of my original photographs. Although artwork originally created as 8″ x 10″ and released as Open Edition reproduction print years ago, this is the “third” ACEO edition released of my art trading cards [ATC].

Image is printed on heavy-weight double-sided photo paper using archival inks. Image printed on matte side and COA (Certificate of Authenticity) is printed on glossy side. Depending on if displayed or stored properly, archive life up to 200 years.

Front of card has title and copyright notice embedded as text in lower left corner. Back of card is artist signed and dated with this particular edition’s release date  and includes informative “Details” about the artwork.

Color may vary depending on your monitor settings.

Only 1- 9 cards of any edition (Open or Limited) of my artwork released as art trading cards. *Subject to availability. At the time of this post, *2 of 4 cards available. (Note: Numbered ACEO shipped to customer is at sole discretion of Patricia Spork.)

Packaged in archival sleeve protected in sealed plastic bag and shipped in a supported envelope. Shipped USPS First Class. Free shipping!

Sold Out


ACEO

JayFeed ACEO

Jayfeed by Patricia Spork Sold OutJayFeedACEO [Art Cards, Editions and Originals] is miniature art of a Blue Jay bird and sunflower-shaped bird feeder.

JayFeed” Copyright 1998 Patricia Spork is digitally manipulated and enhanced artwork created from one of my original photographs. Although artwork originally created as 8″ x 10″ and released as Open Edition reproduction print years ago, this is the “second” ACEO edition released of my art trading cards [ATC].

Image is printed on heavy-weight double-sided photo paper using archival inks. Image printed on matte side and COA (Certificate of Authenticity) is printed on glossy side. Depending on if displayed or stored properly, archive life up to 200 years.

Front of card has title and copyright notice embedded as text in lower left corner. Back of card is artist signed and dated with this particular edition’s release date  and includes informative “Details” about the artwork.

Color may vary depending on your monitor settings.

Only 1- 9 cards of any edition (Open or Limited) of my artwork released as art trading cards. *Subject to availability. At the time of this post, 3 of 6 cards available. (Note: Numbered ACEO shipped to customer is at sole discretion of Patricia Spork.)

Packaged in archival sleeve protected in sealed plastic bag and shipped in a supported envelope. Shipped USPS First Class. Free shipping!

Sold Out


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Journeys Through Darkness Book Review

Journeys Through Darkness JOURNEYS THROUGH DARKNESS: A Biography by Alina Oswald. Photographs by Kurt Weston. Foreword by Guido A. Sanchez

Journeys Through Darkness is the compelling true story of Kurt Weston, who used unorthodox and experimental HIV/AIDS treatments for his terminal condition. Some of the experimental treatments caused Kurt to be diagnosed as “Legally Blind“. But blindness did not deter Kurt’s ambition to become a Fine Art Photographer, nor AIDS stop him from advocating for others suffering the same disease.

Kurt Weston began his photography career as a Commercial Photographer, then later switched to Fashion Photography, even though he wanted nothing more than to be a Fine Art Photographer. Photography almost became a thing of the past when HIV/AIDS had Kurt on the brink of death – not once, but several times.

With vision totally lost in one eye, and the other seeing nothing but clouded dimness, Kurt Weston portrays his sight disability and the HIV/AIDS afflicted through B&W photographs. Kurt’s strategic use of light in darkness cause his subjects (some being himself) to haunt the mind of viewers in thought-provoking ways; which is, by all rights, his artistic and societal intent.

Author, Alina Oswald, thoroughly envelops readers of Journeys Through Darkness into the darkness of the AIDS epidemic that first swept the gay community in the United States in the early ’80s. She traverses Kurt Weston’s personal and social life, through employment and unemployment, and through his daily ordeal of trying to stay alive while full blown AIDS consumed his body, all when living in communities pregnated with stigmatism and prejudice against the HIV/AIDS infected. Ms. Oswald not only depicts Kurt in his weakest times, but at his strongest times; and though these times, she reveals the warrior within Kurt – the warrior attuned to survival, no matter the odds.

I very highly recommend Journeys Through Darkness by Alina Oswald, for anyone interested in HIV/AIDS or Fine Art Black and White Photography.

Read my interview with Alina Oswald.

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