A friend asked me recently if I ever work with color photography and the answer is…. yes, I do! And in Spain it was hard not to be mesmerized by such a landscape of beautiful hues. Whilst black and white photography best portrays the emotions I seek to capture in images, I use color photography when color itself is a main subject of the composition. Below are some favorite examples of the color photography I produced in Spain between September and November 2018. I have many, many more images that I wanted to include in this post but my computer has been on the fritz since I got here and prone to the most frustrating fits! Two weeks ago I left Spain and traveled north to spend a week in Paris with close friends from Seattle, and then east to visit a childhood friend in Budapest, Hungary, where I am now. As snow falls silently onto the frozen street nearby me, I wait for snail-slow wifi to upload photos and write what I need in order to wrap up the fall season of independent studies with Evergreen…
Brock and Brody on the sand dunes of Bolonia, Andalucia.
The wetlands at a nature reserve near Sanlucar de Barrameda, Andalucia.
Luna at the Straight of Gibraltar, Bolonia, Andalucia
Andalucian donkeys near Bolonia, Andalucia.
Sunlight on a building in Arcos de la Frontera, Andalucia.
A man moving out of the narrow street to let a car pass by, Arcos de la Fronterra, Andalucia.
A painter in the streets of Arcos de la Fronterra.
Girl matching her sweatshirt to curb in Arcos de la Fronterra, Andalucia.
Colors in the streets of Rota, Andalucia.
Snails in bulk (above) and uundies (below) at the gypsy market in Rota, Andalucia.
Outdoor sales of undies are the best!
Yarns and ribbons at the gypsy market in Rota.
The irresistible colors of candy!! Rota, Andalucia.
Spanish olives at the gypsy market in Rota.
Boats in the river at Barbate, Andalucia.
Laundry day at Barbate, Andalucia.
A cat where I stayed near Tarifa, Andalucia.
The sunset at Sitges, Catalonia.
Family on the street in Sitges, Catalonia.
My host at an olive farm in Xerta, Catalonia.
Donkeys in Catalonia.
Dog on an olive farm in Xerta, Catalonia.