{"id":10355,"date":"2013-01-04T12:16:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T16:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=10355"},"modified":"2013-01-04T12:16:12","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T16:16:12","slug":"my-top-12-images-of-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/10355\/my-top-12-images-of-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"My Top 12 Images Of 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Illumination VI<\/a><\/p>\n

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Illumination VI<\/p>\n

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This is a selection of my top 12 images of all time. This selection doesn\u2019t reflect sales, publication, or activities on the web. It simply reflects my opinion. Click on the titles to find out more about each image.
\nGeography
\nThese images are drawn from three locations \u2013\u00a0Bolivia\u2019s Uyuni salt flats, Namibia\u2019s Sossusvlei dune files, and Iceland\u2019s Skogafoss waterfall.
\nProcess
\nThese images were all drawn from three separate hour-long sessions each yielding complete individual portfolios. I used to think I\u2019d be lucky if I got one really good image from a shoot, but after a few experiences where more than one really good image was made from a single subject, I cast aside my limited thinking. Now I ask, \u201cHow far can I take this?\u201d
\nConcepts
\nAll of these images come out of a way of relating to the world (all of it) as parts of a living thing into whose fibers we are deeply woven. In addition to changing organic forms, they all have a strong suggestion of breath.
\nMagnificent Moment
\nThey\u2019re all nominees for my list of most sublime landscape experiences. While standing silently focused on Iceland\u2019s Skogafoss waterfall was the fulfillment of many years of looking for my own original response to a classic subject, and walking in the clouds reflected on the surface of Bolivia\u2019s Uyuni salt flats was the realization of a long-standing dream, few landscape experiences compare to the hour spent flying over Sossusvlei Namibia\u2019s 1,500 foot high coral dunes after a sustained sandstorm \u2013\u00a0the experience was so penetrating it took me quite some time to clearly see the new directions and new levels it offered.It\u2019s challenging to choose so few images from so many \u2013 but it\u2019s insightful. Try selecting your own top 12 images. Try selecting the top 12 images of your favorite artist(s).<\/span><\/p>\n

View more of my Annual Top 12 Selections here.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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View\u00a0new images in my newsletter Collectors Alert.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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