{"id":1180,"date":"2015-02-02T16:42:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T16:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.org\/blog\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2015-02-12T02:26:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T02:26:02","slug":"when-the-water-came","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/art\/when-the-water-came\/","title":{"rendered":"When the Water Came"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theFlood1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1181\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theFlood1-480x326.jpg\" alt=\"theFlood1\" width=\"480\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theFlood1-480x326.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theFlood1-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theFlood1-900x612.jpg 900w, https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theFlood1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not entirely sure where I&#8217;m going with this yet, given that I don&#8217;t usually walk around calling myself a photographer. \u00a0But, I do really like urban interventions, particularly the small kind, and miniatures photography, and painting really tiny 3D forms. \u00a0So this seemed like a natural thing to try. \u00a0The issue I find with many other small scale interventions is that they lack meat or substance; just some model train figures cleaning up a \u00a0spilt coffee an what not.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theFlood2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1182 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theFlood2-480x720.jpg\" alt=\"theFlood2\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theFlood2-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theFlood2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theFlood2-900x1350.jpg 900w, https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theFlood2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last year we saw an unprecedented amount of rain here in the valley, and when in rains in the desert the water just kind of hangs around. \u00a0The city lacks the infrastructure to deal with it effectively so many puddles last for days. \u00a0This phenomenon mirrors the flood irrigation used to maintain grass lawns in the area. \u00a0I wanted to make something that would bring attention to these micro and macro floods.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theFlood3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1183 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theFlood3-480x304.png\" alt=\"theFlood3\" width=\"480\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theFlood3-480x304.png 480w, https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theFlood3-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theFlood3-900x570.png 900w, https:\/\/mosher.art\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/theFlood3.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By the way, I&#8217;m shooting these with a Panasonic GH2 and an old 50mm Canon lens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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