RITA LOMBARDI

The Red Wheelbarrow Pictures

The Red Wheelbarrow Pictures are about searching for, and capturing, the fleeting yet momentous occurrences in my every day. 

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William Carlos Williams said it best:

so much depends
upon
a red wheel 
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens

The Red Wheelbarrow Pictures are about searching for, and capturing, the fleeting yet momentous occurrences in my every day. They are about the conflict inherent in the desire to make memory a concrete thing, the wish to make the present last longer and the knowledge that all things must pass. I use the process of carrying a heavy 4x5 view camera to the scene, and slowly finding the picture in the ground glass to reflect the respect I want to give to that moment. Dirty plates become the signifier of a meal shared, and now remembered. The click of a shutter becomes a declaration of trust, and the pictures, intimate markers of a life lived.