Rebecca Norris Webb’s “My Dakota”

Prairie, Poetry and Loss

Rebecca Norris Webb had begun a photography project in South Dakota, the land of her youth, when her brother died unexpectedly. All of a sudden, “My Dakota” became a process of grieving, rediscovery and poetry.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/grieving-a-loss-with-prairie-and-poetry/?pagewanted=all

It’s taken me much of life to understand and accept that my images are wiser than I am. It often takes me weeks and sometimes months to understand what they are trying to say to me.