In mid-March, just as the seriousness of the Covid-19 epidemic started to sink in, I heard from a Wyoming friend that one of my images had been awarded a prize. Woo hoo! I had entered a winter shot in the National Juried Photography Show at the Sage Community Arts Center in Sheridan Wyoming. The theme of the show was “Solace of Open Spaces”. I won second prize. What wonderful news to distract me from the ubiquitous end-of-the-world pronouncements.
This image was taken outside Victor, Idaho last March on a very cold afternoon following a day of powder skiing at Grand Targhee. Walking down a snow-covered gravel road, I was looking around for something interesting for my camera. The late sun cast a perfect shadow. I called the image Winter Furlough.