Photographic Tale of the Week - Mountain Dweller

Mountain Dweller (#4) by Sarah Allegra

Coming off of an intense year-end process for work means that I have not been as timely about the Photographic Tale of the Week selection for my Flickr group, Pictures with a Story. However, the timing ended up being perfect for featuring Sarah Allegra's Mountain Dweller (#4) from her series of photos of the same name with model Teri Wyble. Sarah is the perfect example of my intention for the Flickr group - to acknowledge through text the richness of the story that goes along with a composition: whether it be our own journeys, the 'fictional / non-fictional journey' of photograph's content, or the process of the composition's creation. She is exemplary because, additional t creating incredibly beautiful and imaginative work, the words and stories behind the Mountain Dweller series is of Sarah's spiritual journey, the process of working with Teri - the model, and the rich mythology of Sarah's DreamWorld - "an ongoing photography project which explores the people and creatures who inhabit the land we visit during sleep." In fact it is so rich, that I will provide links below where you can experience Sarah's work and stories directly, rather than try to capture it in this post. This is what she had to say in the Flickr group:

She is one of the Aethereans; angelic, monk-like beings who live high in the mountains of DreamWorld where they can pursue their spiritual quests in peace. They are skilled healers and highly sought-after councilors. Many of the fae send their children to the Aethereans to be taught love, spirituality empathy, animal care, plant lore, sacred geometry and the mysteries of the universe.

Sarah has many online presences - feel free to visit them all!
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As always, this is a photograph selected from my #Flickr group, "Pictures with a Story." See the 300 other contributors by checking out the group, and feel free to join.

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