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Photo: Jack Ward
Posted on December 24, 2012 by Jack Ward
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……….There was something exhilarating and joyful the first time I cut my own tree, carried it out of a forest, tied it to a saddle horn and dragged it back to my home. The holidays were here and everything about it was special. The deep snow, finding what I felt was the right tree, and doing something with it I had always wanted to do and had never seen done before. Decorating it with white lights, peaches, red velvet roses, and garlands of pearls.
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Being my first Christmas in Montana I had no idea what to expect from my friends and neighbors, as it turned out I got comments like, “That is the most beautiful tree I have ever seen,” to “That is certainly different.” It was an experience I’ll never forget and still do.
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The germ for this photograph came out of that experience, and every time I see it I am reminded of the day I first cut down my own Christmas tree.
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Photography by Jack Ward, Copyright 2012..
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About The Author: Originally an artist of the brush, Jack studied painting and design at Cooper Union in New York City, and color theory under the tutelage of Josef Albers at Yale University, where he received an MFA degree in Color Theory in 1958. It was during a stint in the Air Force – flying the observer (weapons control officer) position in F-100F, F-101F, F-102F, and B-57 aircraft off of Cape Cod and in North Africa, that Jack’s interest in photography became a passion.
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