Confluences, Royal City & Othello, Grant County, Washington State

Hone, 30x40 Pigment Print, © Dennis DeHart, 2013

Motel, 30x40 Pigment Print, © Dennis DeHart, 2013

Mountain Ice

Mountain Ice, from the series At Play, Archival Pigment Print, © Dennis DeHart, 2012 

Article 31 of the Conventions on the Rights of the Child. Adopted by the General Assembly of the United nations, 1989

1. States Parties recognize the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts.

2. States Parties shall respect and promote the right of the child to participate fully in cultural and artistic life and shall encourage the provision of appropriate and equal opportunities for cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure activity.

Power

Never Completed Satsop Nuclear Plant, © Dennis DeHart, 2012

Mt. St. Helens from Johnston Ridge, ©Dennis DeHart, 2012

The included photographs were taken on our quintessential, Americana family road trip during late July. While these two Washington icons/destinations won't necessarily leave you feeling warm and fuzzy, both are fascinating and must see destinations.

Ravenna and Seward Park

Paul Talbert, President, Friends of Seward Park, Seattle, WA. © Dennis DeHart, 12.11 http://www.sewardpark.org/friends.html

Iconic Rock, Ravenna Park, © Dennis DeHart, 12.11

Historical Photographs of Manito Park

Photo: Charles A. Libby & Son, State Library Photograph Collection, 1851-1990, Sunken Gardens, Manito Park, Spokane, Wash. - on verso

Photographer: Walt Dyke. AR-07809001-ph004044

Historical Images/Maps of the Columbia River

Conservation Department, Planning and Development Division, Lantern Slide Shows, 1908-1939
http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov

Columbia Basin; Columbia River Watershed

Columbia River bend, taken from cave

Unknown stream, central or eastern Washington / Photo: Asahel Curtis.

Mouth of the Columbia, 1851

Thank you Steve Davis http://stevedavisphotography.com/ for posting an image from http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov on Facebook.

Pioneer Park, Walla Walla

 Pioneer Park, Walla Walla, Washington, November 2011, © Dennis DeHart, 2011

 Local Resident, Pioneer Park, Walla Walla, Washington, November 2011, © Dennis DeHart, 2011

Cloak & Feather and Brief Artist Statement for "At Play"

Cloak and Feather (Working title) From the Series, At Play, Archival Pigment Print, © Dennis DeHart, 2011


At Play-Artist Statement

Nietzsche wrote "maturity consists in having found once again the seriousness one has as a child at play." Twenty years after reading this, the quote seems even more apt, as I observe and participate with play in my own children's life. At Play is a celebration of the imaginative world of childhood. The series also places the context of nature at the forefront of consciousness. While At Play is not motivated by politics, it does focus on the politics of play. The photographs predominately frame nature play as integral to childhood development and education. Many of the photographs in the series, are derived from alternative educational environments including Waldorf and Expeditionary Learning models.

Plowed Under

http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/DUFPLC.html

Plowed Under

Agriculture and Environment in the Palouse

ANDREW P. DUFFIN 

PUBLISHED: 2007

• SUBJECT LISTING: Environmental History, Western History
• BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: 272 pp., 21 illus., 1 map, 3 tables, bibliog., index, 6 x 9 in.
• SERIES: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
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Greenscapes

Olmsted's Pacific Northwest

Joan Hockaday

WSU Press

From the Archive, Shacks, Hansville,Washington, 2003

Dennis DeHart, 4x5 Silver Negative/Toned Silver Print, 2003