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THE ORCHARD is the photographic study, created in an abstract manner, of an apple orchard in Vermont. Photographed over a two year period, 2020-2022, through all seasons, the images reveal seasonal changes as well as evoke emotional states of the artist and the greater population during a difficult period of time that everyone was experiencing in those years. Photographed with a Mint InstantKon RF70 camera, the images were created in camera and vary in abstraction, multiple exposure, different focus lengths, and changes in color palette. The wide variety of imagery speaks to the many moments of the pandemic cycle and allows the viewer to ponder those complex times and reflect on the feelings expressed such as grief, loss, renewal, and hope as portrayed by the changes of season and annual cycle of the trees.
About the author
Susan Weiss works in the visual arts in various mediums including painting and drawing, photography, graphics, and video. She is both a working artist and an art educator. Susan's work explores the issues of identity and the social landscape of contemporary culture. Her documentary work has explored the lives of military families during a deployment, the refugee crisis in Lesbos and Berlin. Her long term project, "Humanity In The Modern World" documents humanitarian and NGO work in other countries. The work for these projects includes photography, written articles and speaking engagements. Eve O. Schaub is an internationally published author and humorist. The author of Year of No Sugar (2014), Year of No Clutter (2017), and Year of No Garbage (2023). She has been featured on the Dr. Oz Show, Fox & Friends, USA Today, and The Huffington Post among others. Her essay "Our Year of No Sugar: One Family's Grand Adventure" for Everyday Health has been viewed over a million times. Eve lives with her family in Vermont and enjoys performing experiments on them so she can write about it.
