Thought Patterns
by Emanuel
May 6, 2009 at 15:02
filed under photography
Tagged B&W, B.C., photography
Perhaps it has to do with several years of seeing Mount Currie first thing after waking up everyday but I find this mountain particularly powerful. I felt the urge to go and see it recently and try to capture some of this power so I could take it with me and reminisce. This photograph is one of my attempts although there’s nothing like the real thing.
It still had quite some snow on it last week yet nothing like a mid-winter Currie with its tempting yet perhaps impossible lines. Countless mornings were spent drinking my coffee or stretching while staring it down. I always felt that it was a great inspiration for the upcoming shred day, my time spent with Mount Currie was like some kind of respectful homage to the mountains that were going to let me shred them that day. Even on the days were it would hide in the clouds, perhaps nursing a headache from a night of binge snowing, which was much to my delight, its power was felt. Far from being a solitary experience, I also shared the Currie with close friends – when they woke up…
The years spent in Pemberton, B.C. were punctuated by varying stages of Mount Currie’s seasons and although I never got around to getting the much-talked-about helicopter drop so I could at last shred the line I’d eyed all those mornings, I still feel like a part of me is with Mount Currie forever. And vice versa.
For those who are a bit geographically challenged and aren’t sure where Mount Currie is situated, here’s some help from the folks at Google Maps.
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PartnR
La foi transporte les montagnes. C’est vrai. La raison les laisse où elles sont. C’est mieux. (Pierre Bourgault).
P.s. Je me répète ; quelle belle photo. Que de talent.
Guy
Very nice! and quite Ansel Adam-esque!
Emanuel
I’ll take that as a compliment. Thanks.
Mountain of Power - color version | Thought Patterns
on May 15, 2009 at 00:29
[...] preferred choice for this photograph was of course black and white, hence why it was originally posted this way. But what do you prefer? Do you think that color would enhance the picture of Mount Currie or that [...]
Caitlin
I spent many a morning drinking my coffee staring that mountain down too…there is something about Mount Currie, once it gets you it holds on to you. I never managed to capture it like you have. Any chance you are selling prints?
Emanuel
Thanks for sharing, I don’t have prints but I guess I could have some made. I know the longing for Currie…let me know.