Traveling Light
PROJECT OVERVIEW
In the old growth forests of the Pacific Northwest, trees grew tall and strong. The glass installation pays homage to those ancient tees, creating a serene and luminous transition between the security checkpoint and the south satellite transit station. Photographs by brothers Darius and Clark Kinsey taken in the 1920’s document an important aspect of the history of this part of the world. Darius Kinsey made his living by visiting logging camps to photograph the people and then later returning later to sell prints. Using large wooden cameras with glass plate negatives and his keen photographic eye, he captured the faces and places of early logging and produced some of the most stunning photographic images ever recorded. The photographs reveal the amazing will of men to meet nature with strength and invention. The image of annular rings of a tree is a cross section of a Douglas Fir that was cut in 1945 at the base of Mt. Rainier in Packwood, Washington. The tree was 586 years old and 238 feet high; it is considered one of the largest trees ever cut down. The artist fabricated the work at the Derix Glasstudios in Taunusstein, Germany.