Artist's Talk: Wednesday, August 16 7pm

The Diane Farris Gallery is very pleased to announce a solo exhibition of award winning Seattle based photographer Phil Borges. This show is all new work taken in Siberia, Mongolia, the Philippines, Peru, and the Ecuadorian Amazon. They are varying sizes and are black and white selectively sepia toned fiber base prints.

Animists: The Spirit of Place reflects upon a time when we were all deeply bonded to the place where we lived. The artist states: "It was a spiritual connection seen to be vital for maintaining both the health of the community and the well being of the individual". During the Enlightenment this spiritual communication fell out of favour. There are only a few traditional cultures remaining who spiritually communicate with their environment. These photographs depict some of these people for whom the environment still holds a sacred enchantment, "....people who still know the The Spirit of Place."

Phil Borges divides his time between editorial/commercial assignments and documentary projects which focus on different cultures and subcultures.

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