long lost images of costa rica

this has been a long time over due. one of the reasons is it has simply been to hard for me to look at these images. even now i can't look at them without crying.  everything this trip and this country was amazing. costa rica you have my heart. i almost feel like i left part of it and myself somewhere on a sandy beach of dominical. after this trip my life has changed so drastically that their are days i don't recognize it or myself. this is the first time i have ever had to stand on my own two feet so utterly independent and learn how to be ok with that. yet i miss the person i was in these images. six months can feel like a life time ago. k's life is also changed drastically for what looks like the better. he seems happy and health and living life. spending time with him now i see how far removed i have become and i feel like i barely know him. it's hard to swallow. more then anything i miss the idealized version of him that remains prominent in my mind.

hopefully i can get some more images up soon. these are all the one's taken with my point and shoot. k is in possession of all the dslr images, hopefully i can have a go at them.   

 

 

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Top: Grant W. Ray "Steuben, Wisconsin: Triangulum Constellation"

Bottom: Becket Flannery "Debbies's Ruler"

Good Evening,


It is my pleasure to announce a two-person exhibition at ACRE gallery space. I will be exhibiting new works along side the extremely talented Becket Flannery.

ACRE Projects
1913 W 17th St
Chicago, IL

Sunday, March 13th · 4:00pm - 8:00pm

“Mr. Ray continues his experiment-based practice of documenting photographically the pseudo scientific investigations into unexpected forms of communication from unexpected places. For this latest set of photographs, Mr. Ray returns to the wooded rural areas of North America to get closer to an unblemished natural landscape in humorous exploration to locate marks, traces, or signs that could be construed as natures attempt at communication.”

Entire Press Release and Promo Card can be found here:
www.grantray.blogspot.com

Sadly, I will not be present for the opening, as I'll be flying back from the SPE national conference where I am giving a lecture on my photographic project “the Uncanny Imagination”. It is my hope that with a good head wind, fast baggage handlers, and a potential ride from O’Hare, I might just make the last 45 minutes of the opening.

All the Best,
Grant