Connie Tomlinson | CB14 - South Fork Logging Bridge

About the artist:
My love for nature and quiet adventure was born before I owned my first camera. My early years were spent wandering around our acreage in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I explored with unending curiosity, and our neighborhood was alive with creatures that sparked my imagination and sometimes terrified me. The UW Photography Certificate program has taught me that art does not have to be loud or action packed to be worthwhile and valuable.  I believe there are many who desire more quiet beauty in their lives.

About this work:
Hidden on the outskirts of the burgeoning Snoqualmie Valley is the 100,000 acre Snoqualmie Forest. On one lucky expedition about 20 miles from the entrance gate, I turned a corner at sunrise and was enchanted by the light reflecting from a nameless single lane logging bridge. The bridge was a metal jewel. Its colors ranged from yellow to blue to orange to green, and I was called to explore the patinaed structure. Its flexed steel was scarred from decades of logging trucks driving too quickly to make a clean passage through. Subsequent visits to improve my original photographs were disappointing and dull. There was something special in the light that morning.