Photographs by William Harper 2006-09
dead river views whitetails McHenry County Fall snow rushes 2 wind river mountains domestic situations
iowa rain posts, nets and fences prairie tales black hawk's last winter tarmac wraiths river's edge unquiet myths destinies botanica greenhouse landscapes way midwest court 2 court 1 court 3 black ice 1 water prairie line
The sources of my musical intuitions are ephemeral and in constant motion and it is an aggressive and intensive effort to wrestle this intuition into form. When I compose music the impulses and ideas come from internal sources. When I am out in the weather, walking, looking, kneeling in a swamp, I remind myself that there are things to photograph everywhere and that after a while I will start to see my subjects. Photography quiets me and facilitates an access to an interaction with nature.

Willliam Harper