“Jack Island”
archival digital print
@ 1992
Jack Island is one of my favorite places to visit in Florida. I’ve been visiting the island since 1976. It is probably the place that caught my fascination, and now devotion, to mangroves. I’ve seen so much on this island: various snakes, sea otters, vultures, ospreys, hawks, egrets, rabbits, various snails, and a variety of insects, most annoying are the mosquitoes. It is almost past the best time to visit. Summer is when it’s mosquito infested.
The above image was part of my research for an installation with sound, at the Polk Museum, Lakeland, Florida, looking across the mangrove covered island from an observation tower.