20th Apr 2006
Ashes and Snow
We went to Ashes and Snow, a mobile photography exhibit at the Santa Monica pier.
Each photograph portrayed a mammal-mammal connection. Sometimes the mammals were humans, sometimes elephants, sometimes leopards. It was extraordinary.
Whether it was a man swimming underneath a whale or a cheetah planting a kiss on the lips of a little boy, each photograph made us pause and wonder:
Could this be real?
Do animals really act that way?
Later, we learned that the photographs are all real, not digitally altered, and not scripted or set up. These are all moments that happened.
The exhibit made me think about how we yearn for connection, not just with humans, or other animals, but with anything that is alive.
