Necessary Wires Project Update

Well my project with electrical wires has a name 'Necessary Wires'.      As I've seen these electrical towers and wires through my 'photography eyes', I realize how much of a scar they place on the landscape.

Don't get me wrong - in our modern culture, electrical wires are as almost as necessary as water and food.  We rely on them so much, that thinking of existing without electricity is literally impossible for me to imagine.

But as you drive around, notice how much 'landscape' we dedicate to this subject.  It really is astonishing.

As I mentioned in my last web blog, I have been exploring the electrical towers and wires with a cloud texture.   Well 2 weeks ago, there was a storm that came through the area and gave us some much needed rain.   I was luckily ready to capture some of the most impressive cloud formations that I have seen recently.

As you can imagine, the clouds are really the star of these shots.   For 30 minutes, the clouds turned and swelled and creating some gorgeous formations in the sky.   Luckily as dramatic as these looked, they didn't produce any violent weather, just a nice day of steady rain that the plants really needed.

Maybe there's a metaphor between the 'power' in the skies making a textured backdrop agains the 'power' in the wires.

I'll leave this with one final thought.    As I was exploring a huge field of towers and wires, I came across this dead blue heron bird.

I can't be 100% certain that this poor bird was a victim of the electrical wires, but look at the first image in my blog post from today.   That is the field of electrical wires that the bird was found near.

We have a price to pay for our need for these 'necessary wires'.    This poor bird is my thoughts often as I see our landscapes with rolling wires.

You can view more of my Necessary Wires images on my photography web site:

Necessary Wires Project