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Ghost image self portraits

Feeling part of the desert - resilient and tough.

Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas 8.3.2020

Joining the ghosts at the old fort.

Fort Davis National Historic Site, Texas 7.26.2020

The glow of the morning sun.

Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas 8.3.2021

Peepin'

Marfa Mystery Lights Viewing Center, Hwy 90- Texas 8.28.2020

Life at the fort.

Fort Davis National Historic Site, Texas 7.26.2020

Walking in paradise.

Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas 8.13.2020

The lodge was closed, but not for ghosts...

Indian Lodge at the Davis Mountains State Park, Texas 7.30.2020

Double trouble.

Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas 10.5.2020

Enter at your own risk.

Marfa, Texas 8.10.2020

The forever landscape of West Texas.

Davis Mountains State Park, Texas 7.30.2020

Davis Mountains State Park, Texas 8.13.2020

Davis Mountains State Park, Texas 7.30.2020

I distinctly remember having to ignore a bug that had landed on me as I stood still counting out 60 seconds!

Old rail line near my house-
Alpine, Texas 8.7.2020

Escaping the horrible summer heat of 2020.

Terlingua Ranch Lodge, Texas 7.24.2020

Davis Mountains State Park, Texas 7.30.2020

This is the last pinhole photo made to date out in one of the most impressive, remote areas of the state park. What I learned in 2020 was that the most reliable source of hope and well-being was to be able to be out in nature. As a person who generally likes her own company, 2020 had some lonely moments. But when I was out under a huge sky, only the wind to talk to, I didn't feel alone I felt embraced.

The pinhole project started during the scariest part of the pandemic, when no one could quite comprehend what was going on, things were closed, Texas was in lock down, and like everyone else, I faced an uncertainty that threw life into emotional chaos. I was untethered from my happiness but resolved to find a way back.

The pinhole project helped me to focus on what always takes me out of my head: creating.

I set out to visit as many places as I could still access, some old haunts, and some new or under-appreciated. The limitations of the pandemic forced me to see the good that was still around me if I looked hard enough.

The semi transparent images of me, set in these locations, was a way for me to express how I felt... I haunted them, not feeling grounded as I normally do, acting a spirit as I tried to connect to life again.

By early May 2021, I had found my footing, I had adapted to a new life rhythm. The deep interior of Big Bend Ranch State Park was open again and with a new camera, the Noblex 150, self portraits became expansive in format, and my body within the landscapes became solid. I no longer haunt the places I love, I live in them.

Guale Mesa : Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas
5.3.2021

© 2021 Liz Potter Photography

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