Gallery of Ecotones
Two competing schools of endeavor
“Ecotone” is a term referring to the transitional region shared by two diverse habitats or ecosystems. An example being a tidal zone which is an ecotone shared by competing aquatic and terrestrial life forms depending on whether the tide is in or out. At high tide the habitat is dominated by aquatic life. At low tide the habitat is controled by terrestrial life . In these images I’m depicting mans struggle to impose his organization on the world juxtaposed with the chaos implied by nature.
Ecotone 1
11″ x14″ Printed on Pearl RC Paper
You have in his image the juxtaposition of the raw naked rock in the for ground transitioning through layers of architectural organization into the modern finished skyscraper in the back ground.
Ecotone 2
11″ x 14″ Printed on Pearl RC Paper
This image is of the down town Providence RI. river renovation project. Here we have a railroad bridge and a vehicle bridge in a state of demolition with a finished building in the background. But there on top of the railroad bridge is a small tree already trying to assert authority over and reclaim the site.
Ecotone 3
11″ x 14″ Printed on Pearl RC Paper
“Ecotone 3” is the image of a crumbling stone bridge which used to span the Hudson River in Glens Falls New York.
Once again Nature is reclaiming what man has abandoned.
Ecotone 4
10″ x 14″ Printed on Pearl RC Paper
In “Ecotone 4 we get a glimpse of the newer replacement bridge soldiering alongside its’ decaying predecessor.