“light” gABY BEDETTI
Like an ukiyo-e painting or a William Carlos Williams poem, my photos invite the viewer to live in the moment of the frame for a moment of intimacy, empathy and a feeling of being part of “the floating world.” I feel pleasure in sharing what has left a mark on me. In this photo, I recognize my love of the morning light as it penetrates the two-hundred-year-old trees at the Henry Clay Estate in Lexington, Kentucky. It reminds me of the phrase in the Bible, “Let there be light,” and of how we come into being in the morning.
Gaby Bedetti is a professor of English at Eastern Kentucky University. Her recent poems, photos, and translations have appeared in Pine Mountain Sand and Gravel, Puerto del Sol, and World Literature Today. She is circulating a co-translation of the selected poems of Henri Meschonnic.
“trailer #1” Samantha Malay
I grew up in rural northeastern Washington State, where my family built a cabin with timbers salvaged from an abandoned homestead, hauled water from a creek, and lived without electricity. My experiences in that time and place continue to shape my understanding of the body, memory, environment and creativity. Inspired by vintage postcards, I created a series of roadside images with a Kodak 126 camera I found in a thrift shop. ‘Trailer #1’ is a snapshot from the last trip I took to my childhood home.
Samantha Malay’s textile-photo collages have been published in literary journals and anthologies, including The Grief Diaries, Inverted Syntax, and The Very Edge: Poems (Flying Ketchup Press, 2020), and will soon appear in Collage Your Life (Storey Publishing, 2022). Her artwork is in the MERZ Gallery permanent collection, in Sanquhar, Scotland.
“Cueva de la pileta,” “DUENDE,” “SUMMER RAIN” CJ NYE
CJ Nye's work is infused with the influences of her upbringing—the vibrant eye of her mother, an award winning commercial travel photographer, the classic polish of the black and white prints of her father, once assistant to fashion photographer William Helburn, and by the cultural riches of New York.
“Rainbow” sean o’connor
Referencing Pittsburgh’s geography, history, and built environment, my work uses memory and nostalgia to distort familiar landscapes to capture childlike wonder, ethereal serenity, and haunting existentialism.
Sean O'Connor is a Pittsburgh Native and lover of landscapes; weather built or natural. Sean honed his digital skills while studying architecture to build an art profile outlining his early memories growing up appalachia.