Hudson

Stills from The River Holds the Memory of Light by Anna P.

With it being January once again, it is time for me to continue with my Hudson river video project. In January of 2008, I began documenting the Hudson river in dozens of short takes that captured the first few seconds when the camera was pulled under. These takes were then linked into a circuit, so that the viewer saw land fade away over and over again. I began this series with thoughts of the Hudson River Valley School of Painting and our mutual fascination with light. I decided to update the representation of the river by capturing the light from within the river rather than upon it's surface.