Janet Russek: The Tenuous Stem Milagros and Charms as much as I can

as much as I can put it in a straight landscape

and essays by Debra Gwartney

The tees are a soft 100% cotton fabric

rejuvenated and refreshed

In ancient Greece rosemary was thought to improve the mid and memory and later came to signify remembrance

Janet Russek: The Tenuous Stem Milagros and Charms as much as I canThe poignancy and promise of the life cycle informs JANET RUSSEKs long term photographic project, The Tenuous Stem. In 1989, Eliot PorterRusseks mentor and friendgave her a monorail camera. The camera was too unwieldy for anything but studio work, and although she has always worked with 4 x 5 cameras, she set up still lifes for the first time in 1993 to use it. Utilizing only natural light she started photographing ripe squashes, peaches, and pears,