I spent this weekend at the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference. This year’s theme was “How Do We Remember” and featured Anthony Doerr, Mary Roach, William Dalrymple and a host of other talented authors. Their presentations over the four days provided great food for thought especially regarding creative process and expression. During one of the breaks, I went for a short hike over terrain that had been severely impacted by the wildfire in August 2013. The landscape prompted reflections on resilience, regeneration and types of beauty. For me, the act of taking photographs is a conscious effort to appreciate what I see, to preserve and to share. This is how I remember.
Blaine County, ID, USA
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Stunning image!!
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Hi Charles! Thanks so much. It was a bit of a challenge to try and capture the beauty and the bleakness.
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How true, memories are so tied into photographs. Your pics are wonderful, may every memory that accompanies them be wonderful for you too … Marianne
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Thank you Marianne!
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I am curious which you found more inspiring — the guest authors, your fellow attendees, or a new landscape? I am often surprised to find that it’s my fellow “students” and the change of scene (for instance, your awareness of the resilience of the landscape) that have the most impact. Nice post.
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Thank you Ann – In this instance, it was the authors for the most part. The conference has evolved over the years to be more of a TED talk type experience than an interactive one. However, I still enjoyed it (and I am far more of a reader than a writer)!
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