WATER: A CALIFORNIA STORY
Recently I became a member of the amazing photo sharing website Flickr.com and became pleasantly surprised at the amount of exposure I got on my photography. For some time now I have been selling a random selection of my photography in my online shop on Etsy.com. I noticed that a considerable number of the artist selling photography on etsy also had a flickr account which they linked to their etsy store. Shortly after I learned about flickr, I decided to give it a try.
Shortly after my inaugural round of photograph uploading I was notified that I had received a comment on one of my favorite photographs I have taken called, “Lady in Red”. This particular photograph is inspired by the memory of my very dear friend who had her life tragically taken from us very prematurely. More on this photograph can viewed on my very first blog post called, “Ode to Friends Lost”. The comment was from a group called, “Water: A California Story”. They were asking me to submit my photograph to their pool. I read a little on the group and loved the concept so I agreed and submitted my photograph.
Some time later I received another comment on the same photograph again by the very same group. This time the comment stated that my photograph had been selected to be part of their “Water: A California Story” exhibit that will be held at the San Diego Natural History Museum. I can not explain the feeling I had. I am but a budding photographer and never have I had a photograph selected for such an honor. Upon composing myself, I began to further research the exhibit. On their home page the opening lines read, “Celebrate water, our natural resource—more valuable than oil, more precious than gold—the essential ingredient of our life, culture, history, and future.” As a native Californian who has grown up surfing, swimming, and playing in our beautiful ocean; how could I argue with such a statement? The more I read about this cause the better I felt about being a part of such an amazing exhibit dedicated to such awareness.
I would urge every Californian to take a look at the website and read up on some of the amazing information that is provided about our current water situation. I remind all of you that regardless if you are not a member of the “Green” movement, an active beach lover, a fisherman, or anything else knowledge is in fact power. The more we know about our environment and our natural resources, the better we are equipped to learn about how to possible better our current ecological situation. For those of us in the San Diego area, please feel free to visit the San Diego Natural History Museum and check out the wonderful exhibit. There so many amazing pieces of art and the information you will learn is invaluable. The exhibit kicks off on Saturday July 19, 2008. Hope to see you there. A very special thanks to Michael Field the Exhibits Designer for the San Diego Natural History Museum for selecting my art to be a part of this wonderful exhibit. The honor is mine.
Congratulations to all other photographers selected!!
Check out these links about the Cause and the Exhibit:
WATER: A CALIFORNIA STORY
www.sdnhm.org/exhibits/water/castory.html
And
Informative page
http://www.sdnhm.org/exhibits/water/index.html
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