The artist George Danhires is from Kent,
Ohio. He is both a sculptor and oil-based artist.
Many public and private institutions have
commissioned his work. His sculptures are on
display in at least four states. His work is
known for symbolizing and paying tribute to
the liveliness of people and the different
aspects of community life.
(www.examiner.com)
David Allen Ibsen: 'Photographer Erik Almas
has started a personal project called "Land
Surveyors," capturing a narrative of two
explorers setting out to map the west in the late
19th century. By compositing images of New
Mexico's endless sky with period props and
costumes, Erik's cinematic storytelling creates
a historically accurate tale of a surveyor and
his assistant.
A commercial assignment brought him to
Shiprock, New Mexico, and sparked the idea
for the project. "As I flew over this amazing
landscape I couldn't stop thinking about the
opening scene of the movie 'The English
Patient.' The land surveyor series was already
concepted and I decided to have this be my
first location in the series.
Erik sees a lot of metaphors in surveying the
land. "These early surveyors were exploring
new territories and frontiers but at the same
time aligning and dividing where it prior had
no boundaries. The idea was to have one older
land surveyor as the mentor and a younger as
the apprentice. I love the idea of measuring
things and how we increasingly measure and
compare ourselves to others and the relation
ship between the two will be a part of this."
The series with the land surveyors will be an
ongoing project where he will take these
characters to different locations and explore
not only the places but also the people.'
(www.getthefive.com)
'Cartographers in the Field. This Depression-
era oil painting, created by Hal Shelton in
1940, depicts mapping techniques used in the
early days of cartography, including an alidade
and stadia rod for determining distances and
elevations and a plane-table for sketching
contour lines. This 4-by-6 foot painting is on
display in the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
library in Menlo Park, California.'
www.pubs.usgs.gov)
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