{"id":375,"date":"2011-11-30T15:56:36","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T22:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/?p=375"},"modified":"2011-12-02T22:42:58","modified_gmt":"2011-12-03T05:42:58","slug":"the-temporal-emerald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/30\/the-temporal-emerald\/","title":{"rendered":"The Temporal Emerald"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button\"><a title= \"Tweet: The Temporal Emerald\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=The%20Temporal%20Emerald&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F11%2F30%2Fthe-temporal-emerald%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light\"><div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"LikeThe Temporal Emerald\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F11%2F30%2Fthe-temporal-emerald%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-button\" href= \"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F11%2F30%2Fthe-temporal-emerald%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share: The Temporal Emerald\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal\"><div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-button\" href= \"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/30\/the-temporal-emerald\/&media=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/rtsocial\/images\/default-pinterest.png&description=The Temporal Emerald\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pin: The Temporal Emerald\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/30\/the-temporal-emerald\/\" title=\"The Temporal Emerald\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"375\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"369c068a93\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\" \/><\/div><div id=\"attachment_379\" style=\"width: 246px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/calt4209trb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-379\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-379\" title=\"Lake Tahoe\" src=\"http:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/calt4209trb-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"Three Seconds on the Fourth of July, Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, California\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/calt4209trb-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/calt4209trb.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three Seconds on the Fourth of July, Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, California<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Inhabiting the center of my book <em>Lake Tahoe: A Fragile Beauty<\/em>, both literally and figuratively, is a series of images on Emerald Bay.\u00a0 As Tahoe&#8217;s most recognizable landmark, this is only fitting.\u00a0 The first half of the book deals with open landscapes and the details within.\u00a0 The second half features, what I term, intersecting landscapes, those views that give us insight into our own experience vis-a-vie the land.<\/p>\n<p>Emerald Bay has always been central to the Tahoe experience.\u00a0 For newcomers, the striking relief of Emerald Bay, overshadowed by glacier-carved granite peaks, is a mandatory stop.\u00a0 Many hike to the <a title=\"Vikingsholm.  Emerald Bay.  Lake Tahoe, California.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vikingsholm.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vikingsholm<\/a> at the base of the bay, and imagine a\u00a0 romantic past.\u00a0 The avalanche scar reminds of us of the unintended consequences of our own actions.\u00a0 To me, Emerald seemed the perfect location to illustrate our transient relationship with the landscape.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of a\u00a0 series came to me at the local market while I was observing another photographer, one I&#8217;d never met, discussing his own book of photography on Lake Tahoe.\u00a0 &#8220;Another picture of Emerald Bay,&#8221; the shopkeeper said with a hint of dismay as she flipped through his book.\u00a0 &#8220;Ouch,&#8221; I said to myself.\u00a0 It was a familiar photographer&#8217;s trap: shoot first ask questions later.\u00a0 What did I want to say about Emerald?\u00a0 What does Emerald have to say about Tahoe?\u00a0 I knew if I could capture the power of Emerald Bay, it would translate to the whole of Tahoe.\u00a0 In the series, the frame stays the same while it is the lake that changes, transformed by weather, light, and time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rtsocial-container rtsocial-container-align-right rtsocial-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-twitter-horizontal-button\"><a title= \"Tweet: The Temporal Emerald\" class=\"rtsocial-twitter-button\" href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=The%20Temporal%20Emerald&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F11%2F30%2Fthe-temporal-emerald%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal fb-light\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-fb-horizontal-button\"><a title=\"LikeThe Temporal Emerald\" class=\"rtsocial-fb-button rtsocial-fb-like-light\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F11%2F30%2Fthe-temporal-emerald%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-linkedin-button\" href= \"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthomasbachand.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F11%2F30%2Fthe-temporal-emerald%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share: The Temporal Emerald\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal\">\n<div class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-horizontal-button\"><a class=\"rtsocial-pinterest-button\" href= \"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/30\/the-temporal-emerald\/&#038;media=https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/rtsocial\/images\/default-pinterest.png&#038;description=The Temporal Emerald\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pin: The Temporal Emerald\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"perma-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thomasbachand.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/30\/the-temporal-emerald\/\" title=\"The Temporal Emerald\"><\/a><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rts_id\" class=\"rts_id\" value=\"375\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"rts_media_nonce\" name=\"rts_media_nonce\" value=\"369c068a93\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Inhabiting the center of my book Lake Tahoe: A Fragile Beauty, both literally and figuratively, is a series of images on Emerald Bay.\u00a0 As Tahoe&#8217;s most recognizable landmark, this is only fitting.\u00a0 The first half of the book deals with &hellip; 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