num_pages: 178
description: Jodi Harper Nute became the model for the project. We felt very lucky to be able to work with her because of her background, ability, and beauty. At the time she was very busy creating the Avalanche Café in Silverton and now she is married and she and Chris are about to have their second child. Jodi graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1992 with a degree in Biological Aspects of Conservation, a course created by Aldo Leopold. When we began this project she had already been studying Tai Chi with Dolores for several years. Participating in the photographs over the course of four seasons involving these three very diverse people was a special time that will always be cherished but will never happen again. John Marshall became involved in this complex project through a simple conversation with his neighbor across the street, Dolores. He had the jeep and the knowledge of special places in the surrounding mountains. The difficulty of getting three people who had no spare time together in remote spots high in the mountains, all above 9,000 ft, sometimes over 13,000 ft, with the right weather, the right light and the right film was close to overwhelming. Sometimes it worked. "If I just could have had three cameras and two assistants and redone every other session, life would have been beautiful." Camera 35mm Nikkormat, lenses Nikon, film Fuji.
language: English
title: Return to Mountain: Tai Chi Between Heaven and Earth
titlecomplete: Return to Mountain: Tai Chi Between Heaven and Earth
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Hazard Press