Rivers: Every Where The Rivers Flow I Will Go.

Friday, June 21, 2013







Like "Skylines wherever I travel I try to photograph the uneasy relationship of urban environments with the bodies of water near them: oceans, lakes, waterfalls, etc. Many major metropolises are situated on famous rivers. Areas, regions, countries, continents are defined by the rivers that run through them. Whole civilizations exist because they developed on a river. Many have flourish, but some have perished. Agriculture, industry, transportation and technology have relied on their vagaries. Seasons and epochs have been measured against their ebb and flow. Art and romance and song feature them significantly. They are the arteries of our planet.

Each river I have visited is famous long before I arrived. Songs have been sung, myths have grown. Each has contributed in the history and growth of its region in such a way that the two are often synonymous.

    The river is everywhere.
                                --Hermann Hesse

    A river is alive. Day and night it flows. Every moment it grows and every moment it is gone.
                                --Manuel Bandeira, Life is a River


These are some of the most notable from my extensive collection:

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