Life framer award1/7/2024 By releasing the pocket of sunlight deep in the earth, we are squandering the perfect balance of life on earth, our own pocket of sunlight. I also like to think of a pocket of sunlight as the time and space in which the sun is at the right temperature to allow for life on earth. The use of this limited resource is resulting in the carbon dioxide, that the plants captured, to be re-released into the atmosphere contributing heavily to the warming of the planet. We humans are and have been burning this matter in order to take advantage of the energy it produces, energy originally from the sun. The remains of the plants from this era decomposed and compressed over millions of years and now are buried underground in the form of oil and coal. Early in the earth’s history when plants dominated the surface using photosynthesis, a truly amazing process that actually splits atoms and transforms the sun’s photons in combination with carbon dioxide and water into energy to live and grow, they adsorbed massive amounts of carbon dioxide and in turn oxygenated the atmosphere allowing for life as we know it. Fossil fuels such as coal and crude oil are examples of this stored energy that originated from our sun. The energy of the sun, captured over millions of years by millions of plants more than 100 million years ago. “A pocket of sunlight refers to the energy from the sun’s rays stored in matter derived from plants within the earth’s surface. This collection of candid color medium format film photography explores the perceived innocence of “simpler times” and aims to give the viewer a sense of increased empathy and connection into the Rockabillies’s world.”- Alice Christine Walker As I walked through the crowds, a spectator, wearing my own mid century vintage clothing and holding my 1950’s Rollieflex, I found myself overwhelmed with the shared sense of deja vu for a time and place I never lived. Every year in April, thousands of Rockabillies from all over the world flock to Las Vegas for their event Viva Las Vegas. They have distilled the essence of the 1950’s Americana down to its best parts: pin up fashion, hot rod cars, rock & roll music, casinos and easy living. My series “Nostalgia” documents a group, The Rockabillies, who have found their tribe. We all look outward into the world to make sense of our own inner one. I would argue that finding ‘our people’ is one of the reasons that we travel. This is why renaissance fairs, sports teams and sci-fi conventions exist. Many of us inexplicably connect to different times in history or geographic locations. Finding one’s ‘tribe’ can feel like discovering the missing piece. While we are connected to family by blood, many of us still go through life seeking out our chosen families. “Defining Identity is a uniquely human struggle.
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