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Project Photo Album
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A note from Jill
To have wild animals appear on an iPhone screen and share a glimpse of their Hidden World— that's an incredible honor and it brings an awareness that pours into your own day-to-day life.
The initial inspiration for this project came from discovering the Instant Wild app, an iPhone app from the London Zoological Society in support of the EDGE of Existence program (protection of Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered species). Trail cameras set in different corners of the world feed images through this app, bringing instant awareness and connection. I knew immediately that I wanted to observe my own surroundings and that there was a community of hunters, hikers and outdoor enthusiasts who had the knowledge of where the animals are in the Catskills. In 2014, the Greene County Council for the Arts awarded public funds for the project from the Decentralization Program of the NYS Council on the Arts through the Community Arts Grant. I began to work with people who shared their knowledge of the forest. The trail camera images were shared on a Facebook Page called Hidden Catskills and the Page chronicled everything from my unpacking the UPS box with my new trail camera to the finished exhibition of encaustic panels hanging on the wall. The final artistic step was the digital enhancement of the raw trail camera images and, in many cases, creating a reverse of the images to fill the capture with all the emotion and wonder at the heart of the project. In the finished panel the animals seem to live in a fairyland; an enchanted setting filled with light and spirit. --JSB |
Fisher At Night VideoEnjoy watching a series of photographs during one night while a fisher investigates the trail camera site.
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A curious fox checks out a snowy location in front of the trail camera in the Catskills.
Fox in February |
Hidden Catskills
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