Salon
A RiverArts Salon is a (virtual) place to learn something new, share ideas, explore interesting topics, see and be seen, and have fun.
Tuesdays from 5 - 5:45, on Zoom
What do art and environmental stewardship have in common? They are both powerful ways that we work in and for our communities, express shared values, and help build the future we want to inhabit. In October, RiverArts and ShoreRivers will cocurate a special series of Salons exploring how Conservation, Justice, Family, Harmony are essential tools in our response to the crises of climate, coronavirus, and racial injustice, just as they are essential elements for a life of joy and meaning.
Each Tuesday in October from 5 to 5:45 pm, join our organizations at the RiverArts Salon to celebrate the abundance of good works being done. Be inspired, learn something new, and participate in actions that will benefit our rivers and our community.
My early inspiration to photograph the people, flora, and fauna of the Chesapeake Bay region came from a book by Aldo Leopold called “A Sand County Almanac.” In the forward to the book he wrote that land should be treated like a community of which we are a part rather than a commodity that we buy and sell.
That community is no more vibrant nor more interdependent than on the edge where land and water meet and where culture and place conspire to form the very essence of the Chesapeake Bay. From the human communities that have evolved around crab and oyster and fish, to the complex web of life in the Bay’s salt and freshwater marshes, I try to emphasize the beauty of that watery world but also what we will lose if we don’t pay attention to the natural systems that sustain it.
–Dave Harp
Dave Harp's stunning photography and Meredith Davies Hadaway's lovely music came together in this Salon to literally bring down the heart rates and blood pressure of those who attended. Do yourself a favor and watch the video above to share the relaxation, as well as a lively discussion. Find about blue heron condominiums, meet generations of Chesapeake Bay watermen, and hear about the future of the Bay and the Eastern Shore.
Photography: the art of observation; create simplicity out of chaos, a symphony instead of cacophony.
Dave Harp's work: people, critters, and landscapes
The Chesapeake Bay, Where land and water meet… the essence of where life is.
Use the form below to register for the Salon discussion. You will receive a confirmation email containing a Zoom link for the salon. Please save this, as reminders may not be sent.
A lifelong Marylander, Dave Harp operates a corporate and editorial photography business in Cambridge, MD. He is a 1969 graduate of Ohio University, with a degree in English literature. He served as the staff photographer for the Hagerstown Morning Herald and was the photographer for The Baltimore Sun Magazine for nearly a decade before establishing his own business in 1990. Mr. Harp’s magazine work has taken him from the coast of Normandy for a story on the 40th anniversary of D-Day to western Australia for coverage of the America’s Cup and to the tropical rain forests of Panama for magazine and corporate photography. His magazine credits include The New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian, Audubon, Sierra, Natural History, Islands, Travel Holiday, and Coastal Living Magazine. He has produced annual reports for multi-national and regional companies such as EDS Corporation and Carefirst Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Maryland. He teamed up with environmental writer Tom Horton for the children’s book, Swanfall, published by Walker and Company in 1991. His book, Water’s Way: Life Along the Chesapeake, a book of photographs with essays by Mr. Horton, was published by Elliott and Clark in 1992 and released as a paperback by The Johns Hopkins University Press in the spring of 2000. He then produced a book of photographs – also with essays by Tom Horton – about journeys by canoe, kayak, and skiff into a Chesapeake Bay wetland and about the variety of life encountered there. Called The Great Marsh: An Intimate Journey into a Chesapeake Wetland, it was published by The Johns Hopkins University Press in 2002. His latest collaboration with Horton is The Nanticoke: Portrait of a Chesapeake River (Johns Hopkins University Press 2008). An exhibit of his photographs and audio visual shows depicting the Chesapeake Bay islands that will be affected by climate change opened at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in 2010. He has produced the photographs for two cookbooks, Coastal Cooking with John Shields (2004)and Great Menus: Seasonal Recipes for Entertaining by Patsy Lewis Mote (2011). He was awarded the Andrew White Medal by Loyola College for his Chesapeake Bay photography in 2004, is a past president of the American Society of Media Photographers, and was appointed by Governor O’Malley to the Maryland State Arts Council. Mr. Harp can be reached through his web sites, www.chesapeakephotos.com and www.davidharpphotography.com
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