Murmur opens August 11 at Vashon Center for the Arts

I’ve photographed in the forests, marshes and on the beach, but never in the sea around Vashon Island. This led me to exploring with an underwater camera for the first time. Like many of my photo narratives, Murmur intermingles my story, myth and the natural world. See portfolio.

Murmur
New work by Jenn Reidel
August 11-26, 2023
Opens Friday, August 11, 5-8 pm
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Vashon Center for the Arts
19600 Vashon Highway SW
Vashon, WA 98070
Gallery open Wed-Sun, 12-5 pm

Published in 3 Elements Winter 2023 issue

In my shipwreck abandon, wonder where to breathe, wonder where it is safe, wonder how long I can hold, my breath finally a wonder.

On the last day of summer, during the last minutes before the sun set over the Olympic Mountain range, I was happy my model wanted to brave the cold Salish Sea again for another dive in my Phoenix costume. I witnessed how the water and her graceful movements seemed to set the water ablaze in fiery bursts of light.

I created the images to be included in my narrative series Rodin's Photographer. When I saw the 3 Elements theme "Shipwreck" I submitted "The Phoenix in the Sea." It was wonderful news that it was selected to be featured in the free online Winter 37 issue.