“Erosion,” an exhibition of museum-scale large format color photographs will be featured at an opening reception 5-8 p.m., First Friday, March 1, at WallSpace-LNK, 1624 S. 17th, Lincoln. On the cusp of the spring thaw, these images reveal places etched by the power of water across the Platte Basin and beyond in Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming. Craggy canyons, sandhills streams and barren badlands testify that “all that is built up will be worn down.”
Middle Fork of the Middle Loup River in Nebraska
Photographer Michael Farrell observes, “I am drawn to those locations that make me think about the short time that we, as mere mortal humans, are allowed to exist here on earth and the eons of time that have passed since the water began flowing out of the mountains and through the canyons down to the plains, shaping that environment into what we see today. Almost nothing we do as humans will have the same power and effect that flowing water has. The planet is patient and water will outlast humanity.”
Nokhu Crags at the Headwaters of the North Platte River in North Park Colorado
The product of more than 30 years of exploration in the Platte Basin, these images visually capture water’s musical sound as it gurgles over rocks, roars down canyon cascades or silently shimmers in a lake at dawn. Some depict locations documented daily over the last 14 years via the Platte Basin Timelapse Project, which Farrell co-founded with Mike Forsberg.
Slot Falls on Jack Creek in Routt National Forest Colorado
The big, colorful photographs “reflect the variable paths of our minds and spirits as we make our way minute by minute toward the inevitable…” Farrell notes.
On Jack Creek, Routt National Forest Colorado
“Erosion” is available for viewing and sales Fridays-Sundays, March 1-31, 12 – 5 p.m. and til 8 p.m. on First Friday. For appointment visits, text to 402-429-3684. More information at wallspace-lnk.com or on Facebook. Or visit https://plattebasintimelapse.com/erosion/
