honorable mention
Jon Meyer united states
title
A Night of Rain, Fog, and Steam
Since the plant gives off steam in its operation, I thought that a foggy, rainy night lying heavily on that steam might produce some striking images, so I waited for such a night. I knew the plant was lit at night and ran 24 hours a day but was not prepared for how low the steam curled and mixed with the lights of the facility. The first image in the series tries to establish a sense of place and gives more of the setting, including the construction that is going on around the facility. The black construction fences show up dimly but one part of the fencing is angled in such a way as to reflect the plant's lights and shows up as a bright streak. The other four images are not so much about the surround but about the plant, its lights, and the dance with the steam.
I practiced psychoanalysis for 50 years and am a retired professor of psychiatry and psychoanalysis, the Medical College of Wisconsin; past-president of the American Psychoanalytic Association; previous Erik Erikson Scholar in Residence at the Austen Riggs Center; Honorary Member of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Association; and a member of the Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies.
I am largely self taught in photography and have no formal education or degrees in the field.
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entry description
I have lately been taken with the beauty of form following function in industrial architecture. The industrial facility in this series is involved in processing wood products into construction materials. I had photographed a number of aspects of the plant, always seeking to illustrate the harmony of form following function.Since the plant gives off steam in its operation, I thought that a foggy, rainy night lying heavily on that steam might produce some striking images, so I waited for such a night. I knew the plant was lit at night and ran 24 hours a day but was not prepared for how low the steam curled and mixed with the lights of the facility. The first image in the series tries to establish a sense of place and gives more of the setting, including the construction that is going on around the facility. The black construction fences show up dimly but one part of the fencing is angled in such a way as to reflect the plant's lights and shows up as a bright streak. The other four images are not so much about the surround but about the plant, its lights, and the dance with the steam.
about the photographer
I am a psychoanalyst be profession and a photographer by avocation. Much of my work revolves around the inner landscape of the mind, an outgrowth of my experience as a psychoanalyst.I practiced psychoanalysis for 50 years and am a retired professor of psychiatry and psychoanalysis, the Medical College of Wisconsin; past-president of the American Psychoanalytic Association; previous Erik Erikson Scholar in Residence at the Austen Riggs Center; Honorary Member of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Association; and a member of the Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies.
I am largely self taught in photography and have no formal education or degrees in the field.
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