Exhibit runs from May 2&ndash\;June 13
\nARTIST STATEMENT
\nAt the Salt Lake City Publi c Library's Anderson-Foothill Branch\, fine art photographer Peter Hines s hares an exhibit of his unique photographic perspective on the extraordina ry beauty and sheer stunning geologic power of the tidewater glaciers of S outheast Alaska. These glaciers have given birth to the region&rsquo\;s &l dquo\;Sculpted Landscape&rdquo\;. The photos in the exhibit illustrate how massive rivers of slow moving glacial ice have acted as nature&rsquo\;s c hisel and hammer carving from the Earth&rsquo\;s pristine mantle the rugge d\, sharp\, and sheer mountainous landscapes that define the region&rsquo\ ;s Coastal Mountain range we witness today. It also tells the story of the glaciers' birth in the high mountainous country of the Juneau and Glacier Bay ice fields and follows their path to the beginning of their demise as the bergs calve into the tidewater sea. It concludes the visual story by focusing on the final destination of the glacial blue ice\, which\, after calving into the sea\, may become &ldquo\;beached&rdquo\; by tidal action. There it examines the completion of the glacial cycle by showing the star k and extraordinary beauty of the ancient beached icebergs themselves. Scu lpted by the millennia forces of nature\, these beached iceberg remnants m ake for sublime artistic subject matter\, as they sparkle and melt under t he warm sun disappearing into the very landscape that they once helped to sculpt and form.
\n\nARTIST BIO
\nPete r Hines is a Utah fine art photographer based in Salt Lake City. He worked for nearly 30 years as a mechanical engineer until a 40 foot fall in a ro ck climbing accident that changed his life. In the aftermath and following miraculous recovery from this accident he decided to redirect his life fr om working in an cubical designing widgets to the pursuit of his artistic and photographic dreams harbored since his youth. Since making that decisi on he has worked as a photographer guide in Alaska\, led photographic work shops\, won numerous awards for his photo art\, and started a fine art pho tography business. He brings a unique blend to his photography of technica l understanding/knowhow and artistic vision fueled by his deep reverence a nd passion for nature. He considers himself as much an artist as a photogr apher and compares his camera to a paintbrush with light as the medium of expression. He is eternally grateful that he has recovered enough from his accident to still hike and ski in the Wasatch Mountains he loves and call s home. You may even find him there seeking artistic inspiration in the sp lendid and divine light of a breaking mountain storm. His mission is to &l dquo\;celebrate the extraordinary and sublime moment through the art and t echnique of photography&rdquo\;. You can find his work at www.taooflightph oto.com as well as on Facebook and Instagram
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