Photographer Alison Harris spent six years photographing the sky from her window in Italy. The result is a series of photographs that gradually evolved into A Window in the Sky, an exhibition at Spaziotemporaneo gallery in Milan. It also became a simple, contemplative practice that we can all easily do.
I saw these skyscapes over a period of six years from a window that overlooks the Mediterranean. Standing at this window I became immersed in an open-ended spectacle of light. In the editing process a sequence emerges referring to the passage of time. It is a study of light, and reflects my emotional response to what I am seeing. I juxtapose images to find a rhythm between shapes, colors and plays of light.
Standing at the window is a way of being still and attentive to what is at hand.
Alison put together seven skyscapes for Improvised Life, to be published in a specific order. Each is identified by the date and time she saw them. The first, at top, is from August 1, 2015 at 20:18.
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For us they are a reminder of the extraordinarily varied and rather miraculous changes going on all around us, if, if we can find a way to be still and attentive to what is at hand. It only takes a moment.
“..if we can find a way to be still and attentive..”
Funny how stillness,
and attentivness,
can create such powerfull energy,…
motion,,.
Or,
is it an eruption?
Contradictions seem to thrive
on one-another….
Thanks for Monday.
Alison, these are extraordinary still lives, they are material, sensual, metaphysical, and just simply gorgeous to ponder. I love how much you have worked with time, trusting that time would bring you what you would need. Thank you!
What beautiful skyscapes — sensitive, intelligent. They bring awareness to us. As Gabrielle Cody remarks (above), they are working with time.
Beautiful photographs, Alison! The view from that window is always inspiring. Wish I could see your show. All the best,
Mimi Horne