A few weeks ago, I found myself deep in the Heartland doing some shadow hunting in Des Moines, Iowa. I had just finished a five month gig in LA and decided to visit my family and friends that live in South Dakota.
My parents love and collect books and every year they make the 4 hour drive to Des Moines to a huge book festival which supports planned parenthood. They go on the last day of the sale when everything is 75% off and always end up with a huge pile of goods all for a great cause. I hadn't been to Des Moines in years and we thought it be a nice road trip so off we went!
We had some time to kill before the sale and found a cozy sculpture walk near the downtown area. The art pieces created some really neat shadows and I captured them!
This first picture is my entry. In the foreground is the shadow of a piece called "T8" by Mark Di Suvero born China, 1933. It's the only one I won't show the actual art of to leave it to the imagination. Easy to search for if you're curious!
A close second would have been this cool light structure called "Panoramic awareness pavillion" by Olafur Eliasson born Danish 1967.
Here's what the actual piece looked like.
It wouldn't be the Midwest / Heartland without a horse. This one made for a neat shadow called "Ancient Forest" by Deborah Butterfield born America.
Here is the actual piece.
Finally this was my favorite sculpture in the whole park and while it didn't have a great shadow worth capturing, I wanted to share anyway. It's called "Spider" by Louise Bourgeois born France.
This post was was made for the weekly Shadow Hunters contest. It's a fun thing to do and there are always a bunch of great entries, why not try it yourself? Be sure to check and out support the current entries in the comments of this post: Shadow Hunters Community Contest - Round 221