http://www.marnaclarke.com/archive daily 0.75 2014-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1405129919284-1ZHI7L8FUEG3YJ3LAQGW/Transformations+VIII%2C+1979.png Archive - Transformations VIII, 1979 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1405129919284-1ZHI7L8FUEG3YJ3LAQGW/Transformations+VIII%2C+1979.png Archive - Transformations VIII, 1979 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1405129845052-F48ZDZW6380LW8QWR239/Transformations+III%2C+1979.png Archive - Transformations III, 1979 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1405129769018-CIA39IIFCODAAD6LOTG7/Transformations+I%2C+1979.png Archive - Transformations I, 1979 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1405129814517-LF9HY5AXV1Z9ASWSNRF9/Transformations+II%2C+1979.png Archive - Transformations II, 1979 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1405129880792-W3KO8CFOO4XAYA2LKZJL/Transformations+V%2C+1979.png Archive - Transformations V, 1979 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1405129710763-RWG8N96TQVFAYWDLK1Z7/Transformations+IV%2C+1979.png Archive - Transformations IV, 1979 http://www.marnaclarke.com/west-marin daily 0.75 2017-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1397022171639-39MSQOEPCEEYIQU0VQR2/01-Trees-in-Fog.png West Marin - West Marin I’ve lived many places in America, always hugging a coastline as I’ve migrated from my birthplace in Louisiana to North Carolina, Washington, DC, New York City, Connecticut, Martha’s Vineyard, MA, and now West Marin County in California just north of San Francisco. I suppose I’m drawn by a need of security, of some remedy for my mild claustrophobia around confinement. I stick my feet into the sea and anxiety dissipates; I’m one with the water and earth. My two favorite places are Martha’s Vineyard and Inverness, CA, where I now live. Similarities abound between them: both tourist destinations with exquisite nature and a broad mix of residents from free spirits living under the radar, intellectuals, return-to-the-earth simpler types, to the rich and famous and accomplished. There’s also the fresh fishy smell of the sea, the wind whistling down chimneys, the squawking of seagulls overhead, the taste of oysters or clams just pulled from the water, the funky tucked-away places to eat, the far-off sound of the surf, and the embrace of a small community in which anonymity disappears. Cover image: Trees in Fog   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1397022171639-39MSQOEPCEEYIQU0VQR2/01-Trees-in-Fog.png West Marin - West Marin I’ve lived many places in America, always hugging a coastline as I’ve migrated from my birthplace in Louisiana to North Carolina, Washington, DC, New York City, Connecticut, Martha’s Vineyard, MA, and now West Marin County in California just north of San Francisco. I suppose I’m drawn by a need of security, of some remedy for my mild claustrophobia around confinement. I stick my feet into the sea and anxiety dissipates; I’m one with the water and earth. My two favorite places are Martha’s Vineyard and Inverness, CA, where I now live. Similarities abound between them: both tourist destinations with exquisite nature and a broad mix of residents from free spirits living under the radar, intellectuals, return-to-the-earth simpler types, to the rich and famous and accomplished. There’s also the fresh fishy smell of the sea, the wind whistling down chimneys, the squawking of seagulls overhead, the taste of oysters or clams just pulled from the water, the funky tucked-away places to eat, the far-off sound of the surf, and the embrace of a small community in which anonymity disappears. Cover image: Trees in Fog   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477877314124-LW9HS8KY6T8S3SY2K458/Tree+in+Meadow.jpg West Marin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1397022181317-W06UTZ336DL9WAQWYSJP/05-Boletus-Edulis.png West Marin - Boletus Edulis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1397022183398-SGRFCVVUGUXSVRFQ3MRR/06-Leslie.png West Marin - Leslie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1397022186583-NL78NRV1KSMLCIEEZIT8/07Tahoe-Grass.png West Marin - Light on Grass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1397022188437-0VNZ311BF967JPZWOMRH/08-Towels.png West Marin - Four Towels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1397022192429-96OKP07YPDQOQV18P5HK/10-Sandy-D.png West Marin - Sandy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1397022199965-9AXREPL4XR33NNYJ9MTH/13-Katie.png West Marin - Katie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1490021137362-RZYOSBY5H1QXLS537JMN/unnamed-4.jpg West Marin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1490021197589-3Z3T209JF2BDW6FHD22X/unnamed.jpg West Marin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1490021226633-MY1Z48W6IN6YER145OTO/unnamed-1.jpg West Marin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1397022205275-DDXE38RA067GPGKR9GWF/15-Hog-Island.png West Marin - Nick's Cove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1397022216872-84OLAKBWUAZO9SJGAE1O/19-Richard.png West Marin - Richard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1397022209446-YYRQ5LPXXM7EK1T0XN5I/17-Beekeepers.png West Marin - Beekeeping https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477877338712-HVJ60A23RY6D1NRZWF6Y/TreePlayingCards.jpg West Marin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477877327411-CZEYO776MOW845UDMIOU/Skull+on+Tree.jpg West Marin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477877751253-HU5P8KQ7C9XEYMUSR05S/FloodedMailboxes.jpg West Marin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1490021181776-Y4NRG8Z7PLPPPQNI9V2I/unnamed-3.jpg West Marin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1397022216343-1EDX2EFPKV0HLAZLHKQW/20-Pierce-Point.png West Marin - McClure's Ranch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477877429189-V0291GX86YU8ZGO6FPB7/Nicasio+Reservoir.jpg West Marin http://www.marnaclarke.com/memories daily 0.75 2018-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1397264152434-PPDUA2CPCR8LG4EUBZYM/Exposed-Memories-4.png Memories - Memories I dug up photographs from my past: old school photos, childhood photos made by my father, snapshots of my own family and portraits I made of myself. They fall together to create poems of crisis, and acceptance and the inevitable, irreversible passage of time Cover image: Memories 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1397264152434-PPDUA2CPCR8LG4EUBZYM/Exposed-Memories-4.png Memories - Memories I dug up photographs from my past: old school photos, childhood photos made by my father, snapshots of my own family and portraits I made of myself. They fall together to create poems of crisis, and acceptance and the inevitable, irreversible passage of time Cover image: Memories 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477864805283-LBWZ632XVQAK96SJCWN5/MarnaHandBabyDiptych.jpg Memories - Memories 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477864646612-P0M741ZOBXM0DB8W49VQ/1708PeepingTomDiptych.jpg Memories - Memories 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477864749011-ZUR2M9S6UDZ7NIZYZ53O/AnnesRoomDiptych.jpg Memories - Memories 4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477864706103-FFNM1VNPM5WDPT483W3A/EmbraceKeyWestDiptych.jpg Memories https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477864920996-I4ROJDJ2QD2M14KTA0BS/IroningNewOrleans.jpg Memories https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477864864883-XWHB1V1GX8Y6M5XV4ZWI/MarnaJumpingShadowDiptych.jpg Memories - Memories 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477864907608-OOK1GGC1FV8SZXTK074X/BoysTrainMarnaDiptych.jpg Memories https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477864939653-8NWNHR2H6Q5DI9NJKS3J/LA%26MJ+Diptych2.jpg Memories http://www.marnaclarke.com/time-as-we-know-it daily 0.75 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1760723965094-ZA1ZZ5ZT2R57JTNUZ78R/12+MarnaClarke%2C+Changing+Lightbulb%2C+2019%2C+Archival+Digital+Print.jpg Time As We Know It - Blue Shirt, 2014 I began this project five years ago thinking I was simply chronicling my process of getting old. I didn’t realize that I would end up embracing these images as a tribute to not just my life but also to the demanding task of aging with grace. I’ve had the joy of motherhood, grandchildren, deepening friendships and a twilight romance. I’ve also experienced a failed marriage and the consequential breakup of family. I was expected to get married soon after graduating from college. The morning of my wedding, I knew I wasn’t ready to marry but I was too scared to halt the process. I took the “easy” way out which proved not to be so “easy” in the long run. I dove into photography, commercial and fine art, with occasional trips abroad. Along the way, I met an American woman whom I would see again years later in California. She introduced me to her widowed father Igor, arranged and chaperoned our first date, a walk on the beach. I was nervous about meeting him. What would he look like? Would he be interesting or a stiff old fart? I watched him carefully to see signs of senility, if he had difficulty getting up from sitting on the beach. He was watching me, too, as it turned out. We obviously liked what we each saw … after a year of courting, he asked me to move in with him. That was twelve years ago; I was 63, he 74. I started this aging exploration with photographing my body. I have been obsessed since my teen years with staying thin, fueled by mild dysmorphia, which for me has been a preoccupation with the erroneous notion that I am fat. The original impulse for photographing my body came from this obsession. I’ve come to realize that this mistaken belief will always be with me; my task is to ignore the mind chatter it creates. I expanded this series of self-portraits to include pictures of my daily life, my partner Igor, my fears and fantasies. I looked for new meaning by combining these recent images with photographs from my past. Growing older has occasioned a gradual letting go of things I’ve taken for granted all my life: my youth, figure, memory, mobility, hearing. So much is out of my control; perhaps it always was, but I was blind to it. I enjoy not having to know everything or solve everything or be on top of everything. I’m clear about what is important. Occasionally I think about dying, wondering what will do me in, when and where. But most days I’m in my studio engaged in various projects. Creativity keeps me busy, alive and vibrant. Thoughts of growing old recede as I immerse myself in my work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1760723965094-ZA1ZZ5ZT2R57JTNUZ78R/12+MarnaClarke%2C+Changing+Lightbulb%2C+2019%2C+Archival+Digital+Print.jpg Time As We Know It - Blue Shirt, 2014 I began this project five years ago thinking I was simply chronicling my process of getting old. I didn’t realize that I would end up embracing these images as a tribute to not just my life but also to the demanding task of aging with grace. I’ve had the joy of motherhood, grandchildren, deepening friendships and a twilight romance. I’ve also experienced a failed marriage and the consequential breakup of family. I was expected to get married soon after graduating from college. The morning of my wedding, I knew I wasn’t ready to marry but I was too scared to halt the process. I took the “easy” way out which proved not to be so “easy” in the long run. I dove into photography, commercial and fine art, with occasional trips abroad. Along the way, I met an American woman whom I would see again years later in California. She introduced me to her widowed father Igor, arranged and chaperoned our first date, a walk on the beach. I was nervous about meeting him. What would he look like? Would he be interesting or a stiff old fart? I watched him carefully to see signs of senility, if he had difficulty getting up from sitting on the beach. He was watching me, too, as it turned out. We obviously liked what we each saw … after a year of courting, he asked me to move in with him. That was twelve years ago; I was 63, he 74. I started this aging exploration with photographing my body. I have been obsessed since my teen years with staying thin, fueled by mild dysmorphia, which for me has been a preoccupation with the erroneous notion that I am fat. The original impulse for photographing my body came from this obsession. I’ve come to realize that this mistaken belief will always be with me; my task is to ignore the mind chatter it creates. I expanded this series of self-portraits to include pictures of my daily life, my partner Igor, my fears and fantasies. I looked for new meaning by combining these recent images with photographs from my past. Growing older has occasioned a gradual letting go of things I’ve taken for granted all my life: my youth, figure, memory, mobility, hearing. So much is out of my control; perhaps it always was, but I was blind to it. I enjoy not having to know everything or solve everything or be on top of everything. I’m clear about what is important. Occasionally I think about dying, wondering what will do me in, when and where. But most days I’m in my studio engaged in various projects. Creativity keeps me busy, alive and vibrant. Thoughts of growing old recede as I immerse myself in my work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1760723998107-GAN7HK0TP83CTODHX5PM/2.+Red+Towel%2C+2012.jpg Time As We Know It - Red Towel, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1760724018444-7RZ7S24IUPN99JN60NH9/4.+Peeping+Tom%2C+2011.jpg Time As We Know It - Peeping Tom, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1760724034444-AWWZSFFB6NEU2E0PM2KK/5.+Hands+on+Igor%E2%80%99s+Chest%2C+2013.jpg Time As We Know It - Hands on Igor’s Chest, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1760723884166-SAB520FDYOMQ12IZHF5C/03-Embrace.png Time As We Know It - Embrace, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1760724225009-3QWXJPQ75GFY5C21JEBB/6.+Hand+on+Chest%2C+2010.jpg Time As We Know It - Hand on Chest, 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1760724179833-CP8F6P8Q7VYB94BJNVQ0/7.+Embrace%2C+2013.jpg Time As We Know It - Limantour Wave, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1760724267722-36O6A7ADHUDZ2FHEEXUE/9.+Slippers%2C+2012.jpg Time As We Know It - Slippers, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1760724269101-GBB7C2N8YZODSK5PMKPH/10.+Shadow%2C+2011.jpg Time As We Know It - Shadow, 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1643591978141-ETKAUYDFBV0FBT5DIKM8/14+MarnaClarke%2C+Two+glasses+To+See%2C+2012%2C+Archival+Digital+Print.jpg Time As We Know It - Two Glasses to See, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1643592055238-23AQ9AH3VTV6EY83RY56/25+MarnaClarke%2C+Intimate+Moment%2C+2021%2C+Archival+Digital+Print.jpg Time As We Know It - Intimate Moment, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1643592170487-3AFSBGLRGKMEHWVIMEZJ/16+MarnaClarke%2C+Legs%2C+2020%2C+Archival+Digital+Print.jpg Time As We Know It - Legs, 2020 http://www.marnaclarke.com/people-place daily 0.75 2016-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477966971027-KPJ5RD6THAOSGHTTM7I6/1+CatherineIggsDiptych3.jpeg People/Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477966971027-KPJ5RD6THAOSGHTTM7I6/1+CatherineIggsDiptych3.jpeg People/Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477966971023-QK5YSMU7K5FZ480L7CL9/2+HandwithDeadRoses+Diptych.jpeg People/Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477966971319-7VR3U7K6FSW8PL04F9QN/3+KatieWindowDiptych.jpeg People/Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477966971368-C23CHOM03LIOM03SMIDB/4+MarshallCemeteryLAShadowDiptych+%281%29.jpeg People/Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477966971643-O0NQNGWXNKDRADYSC832/5+PamKMeadowDiptych.jpeg People/Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477966972270-X1VKY7GU1FC22OT9S5DD/7+Ginny%26NicksCove.jpeg People/Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477966971915-4WACT0BZ80QBDPENRVIL/8+LeslieHeadsDiptych.jpeg People/Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477966972216-2VAREQIK791W2GINOWP1/9+4+TowelsHandShadowDiptych.jpeg People/Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477966973101-V5D3P30W6WAUN9NVR5AZ/10+NinaCobwebs2.jpeg People/Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477966972664-SQJNA8QQNTYX647G3M5Z/11+PaulwithCirclediptych.jpeg People/Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477966973173-DCXXHOL2WW3AVT7BOVYS/12+Leslie%26Dog+Diptych.jpeg People/Place https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1477966973620-DEMRJRLWNVCFP5G2NIV6/13+IggsCemeteryWoodsDiptych.jpeg People/Place http://www.marnaclarke.com/bark daily 0.75 2017-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1483578065548-44WNWZOUNM75HO08FBKU/01++Madrone+082105+%231.jpg Bark The images in this exhibition are close-ups of the bark of madrone, plane, eucalyptus and manzanita trees taken from 2005-2009. I am fascinated by the outrageous colors and patterns I find revealed on these trees as their bark peels or sloughs off at various times throughout the year. The colors in the photographs are as true to the actual ones I see as I can render them; they are not enhanced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1483578065548-44WNWZOUNM75HO08FBKU/01++Madrone+082105+%231.jpg Bark The images in this exhibition are close-ups of the bark of madrone, plane, eucalyptus and manzanita trees taken from 2005-2009. I am fascinated by the outrageous colors and patterns I find revealed on these trees as their bark peels or sloughs off at various times throughout the year. The colors in the photographs are as true to the actual ones I see as I can render them; they are not enhanced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1483578033607-STBQQDUR4TVD794XAK57/01++Madrone+082105+%231.jpg Bark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1483578033576-IDLK3M6LXAJRGI446TEZ/02++The+Knot+%28Madrone+%2316+090505.jpg Bark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1483578034025-BF47F82V8PVPDGNHA0PT/03++Madrone+082409+%23154.jpg Bark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1483578034254-AIOU276U7OR7PGJ9AKOX/04++Madrone_20080531-0032.jpg Bark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1483578034603-JMTLVYXHEV2WX3W33XUB/05++Madrone_05.jpg Bark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1483578034734-WPDZHYVGGYW31HYGD51Y/06++Madrone+%2372+081407.jpg Bark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1483578034924-PE1605V47BR8X5YD15JL/07++Madrone_20080526-0006.jpg Bark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1483578035516-MN1NHUUXEVBOSOF0JHB9/08++Star+Anise%28Madrone%2320%29.jpg Bark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1483578035959-WJ0K35G0H3USWOBN0E7G/09++Madrone%2353+053108.jpg Bark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1483578036269-O1M55SLK9OFWO4VZNZWV/10++Manzanita+%230097+061508.jpg Bark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1483578036646-MLQ7HFBANKRUCZ8JB2KX/11++Plane+2006+Paris.jpg Bark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1483578037010-9VCFFJIRXRMDODM2YYV7/12++Manzanita_061508_%2387.jpg Bark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1483578037223-5XGHZPT5E092JDD9V38U/13++Bark+Face.jpg Bark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1483578037736-Y9R5I9YRFA4RCQ94IB5W/14++Madrone+%23171+082107.jpg Bark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1483578037932-0DMHRCTP5MVQPD8VV2RK/15++Madrone_20080531-0027.jpg Bark http://www.marnaclarke.com/clay-people daily 0.75 2017-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1490020858100-0B7VX7OZ26JNJJ1E36LV/WEB-2-Women.jpg Clay People Clay People I saw several naked bodies walking along a beach on Martha’s Vineyard; the year was 1979. They were painted light grey with what turned out to be clay from dunes from an adjacent beach. I followed them back and discovered more bathers in the process of covering themselves with the earthy-toned clay deposited in the dunes. I had my Diana camera with me and began to click away. The Diana is a plastic medium-format camera, prone to light leaks, with a low-quality plastic lens that renders impressionistic images. It cost $1.65 at that time and is now a collector’s item, bringing prices that hover around $50. I heard this clay-painting ritual was terminated sometime in the 1980s as it was indeed endangering the fragile land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1490020858100-0B7VX7OZ26JNJJ1E36LV/WEB-2-Women.jpg Clay People Clay People I saw several naked bodies walking along a beach on Martha’s Vineyard; the year was 1979. They were painted light grey with what turned out to be clay from dunes from an adjacent beach. I followed them back and discovered more bathers in the process of covering themselves with the earthy-toned clay deposited in the dunes. I had my Diana camera with me and began to click away. The Diana is a plastic medium-format camera, prone to light leaks, with a low-quality plastic lens that renders impressionistic images. It cost $1.65 at that time and is now a collector’s item, bringing prices that hover around $50. I heard this clay-painting ritual was terminated sometime in the 1980s as it was indeed endangering the fragile land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1490020960192-XG41EBAWXTTDR39CA2AA/WEB-apocalypse.jpg Clay People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1490020976264-0OBHNANPEPGYIAG0K24W/WEB-B%26W-Man.jpg Clay People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1490020995119-DTTLEY40RO68USIF124V/WEB-Black-girl5-Final.jpg Clay People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1490020995367-9Q0IELJWWRSQX6ST2XDO/WEB-Clay-Group-2-Final.jpg Clay People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1490020996170-NMJC02GQ9SFNY9OOJS3B/WEB-father-and-kids.jpg Clay People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1490020995987-9EHUML8VPQGDZIIWSQ6B/WEB-Onlookers-2-Final.jpg Clay People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1490020996392-ZD6UD193OULKOBN7TI7Y/WEB-Oscar-statue-2-Final.jpg Clay People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1490020997712-7S4WVXEGC8DFRBLF0KHL/WEB-Painted-Woman.jpg Clay People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1490020997339-UCBXO9RNNMISBIVAUHKV/WEB-Toddler.jpg Clay People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1490020997941-LFBLI87F4HT4HF77IULP/WEB-Young-boy-2-Final.jpg Clay People http://www.marnaclarke.com/autumn daily 0.75 2020-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555795787002-WGYZ4APE06ZVF28SXGKZ/6-Deb-b.1948.png Autumn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555795787002-WGYZ4APE06ZVF28SXGKZ/6-Deb-b.1948.png Autumn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1597100639590-SFKHAOPRDSU5D1HMGN96/1-16-Marina-b.1938.png Autumn - Autumn In her 1970 The Coming of Age, Simone de Beauvoir said, “Let us recognize ourselves in this old man or in that old woman. It must be done if we are to take upon ourselves the entirety of our human state.” She is challenging all of us to go beyond our culture’s present attitudes and treatment of its senior citizens, to shape our own futures by seeing ourselves in them. I have been making portraits since the 1970s when I began photographing. Asking my subjects to stand in front of my camera to be “seen” and documented is hard, for them because they feel vulnerable and protective of that exposure, and for me because I’m basically shy about invading this privacy. Giving myself permission to take more than one session, if needed, for us to become comfortable has eased this pressure for me. I have also turned the camera on myself. In 2010 I turned 70 and wanted to document that stage of my life. I photographed myself, my partner and both of us in our daily lives, turning the resulting images into an exhibit and book I entitled Time As We Know It. Surrounded by fascinating, vital and active seniors, I began taking portraits of them as well. I feel this project is presently my way of dealing with my own process: searching for clues of how others deal with the changes, taking pictures that show their vitality, spunk and humor, seeing that I’m not alone. These portraits are of people I know, some well, others tangentially. They are in their 70s, 80s, and 90s, with one in his 60s. They are living in a small area on the California coast northwest of San Francisco. Almost all are still involved in activities they’re passionate about; most still live in their own homes; some had interesting, successful careers; many raised families and are now raising grandchildren; some have passed; half of them are artists still creating. Our youthful “Summer” bloom has moved into “Autumn,” for some more than others. We’re all having to adjust to the changes happening to our faces and bodies. A distillation of our life experiences has been gurgling away for years leaving a wisdom that now informs and guides us. We relish this wisdom as one of our gifts. Getting old is inevitable, but abandoning curiosity and a sense of wonder and humor is a choice. These qualities keep us young in our minds and hearts and fuel us daily to keep putting one foot in front of the other. Marina, 2018, above image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555795796458-0OQJEQPEX974MQZTTEHO/2-Bernie-b.1946.png Autumn Bernie, b. 1946 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555795812647-V3JBLC6KHXIJTLKOGP87/3-Marj-b.1932.png Autumn Marj, b. 1932 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555795821613-HKP6BXBA0VZOP6VWFLTF/4-Mo-b.1934%2C-Joe-b.1935.png Autumn Mo, b. 1934 and Joe, b. 1935 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555795827802-IT716THMV06SU4R8T5NY/5-Barry-b.1947.png Autumn Barry, b. 1947 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555898196767-WCNQCBNBRIDKSZEBZPU9/unnamed.jpg Autumn Deb, b. 1948 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555795848090-KTZY1QH2H9VZ9G6MB1KD/7-Carla-b.1941.png Autumn Carla, b. 1941 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555795852057-883RLQW14X5RLTOXICCW/8-Murray-b.1939.png Autumn Murray, b. 1942 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555795866070-PO9Z9G3IKW4KYU0NW9AD/9-Leslie-b.1940.png Autumn Leslie, b. 1940 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555795874402-KZTP4PHUGWYBD6ZIL36B/10-Andrew-b.1923.png Autumn Andrew, b. 1923 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555795878216-4AG897Y5UBGCNIBDP820/11-Diana-b.1944.png Autumn Diana, b. 1944 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555795893193-15ERKV1ZRLDVT9UWDJSU/12-Sandy-b.1924.png Autumn Sandy, b. 1924 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555795901078-J4YJH5653GOE86NVE99B/13-Peggy-b.1947.png Autumn Peggy, b. 1947 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555795912559-E4RUSBUCFGJOYABMY1UI/14-Ginny-b.1924.png Autumn Ginny, b. 1924 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555795917151-540ROJBFLRXUO2KQVJ12/16-Paul-b.1951.png Autumn Paul, b. 1951 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555795936354-LEYCCSIICYGL9HOGAT9B/17-Ned-b.1947.png Autumn Ned, b. 1947 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555795939382-3433Y5ZM0L5JO4JMUVMK/18-Richard-b.1932.png Autumn Richard, b. 1932 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555898202760-FEO1GJK1NUY3SYVSQPVD/unnamed-1.jpg Autumn Laure, b. 1931 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1555795964406-LIMHV8BE8BMWBJOZFXJ0/20-Igor-b.1929.png Autumn Igor, b. 1929 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1597100551387-7ZZNC9UV0LL8O6P8IPBQ/Van+FINAL.jpg Autumn http://www.marnaclarke.com/shelteringonthebay daily 0.75 2020-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1597096476938-RKQNZO1GGC2NR0P5SHQA/image-asset.jpeg Sheltering On The Bay - Colleen, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1597096476938-RKQNZO1GGC2NR0P5SHQA/image-asset.jpeg Sheltering On The Bay - Colleen, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1597099203018-O9DL7J84VBF07HK2C0BD/1+++Colleen.jpg Sheltering On The Bay - Sheltering On The Bay Sheltering-in-place has been a challenge for many Americans. Not so much for those of us tucked away in a small community on the northern California coast. In a way, we’ve been self-isolating for years. Nestled in a National Park beside the Pacific Ocean with a nearby bay, we are able to get out in the surrounding nature, walk the many trails through the forests, visit with neighbors from a safe distance, and even go into the small adjoining town. I began capturing this historic and unprecedented time as I witnessed my neighbors and friends going about their daily activities, though now usually masked, their faces obscured. It is a different kind of portrait, a unique document of this time in this place. Colleen, 2020, above image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1597099871272-OA8VTNMT2SNJFL2KFL24/2+++Trampoline.jpg Sheltering On The Bay - Trampoline, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1597099943434-OA3NVQKIZW4B61I0SFG1/3+++Igor%26Marna.jpg Sheltering On The Bay - Marna and Igor, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1597100049775-WZY1V8N0S7FK4RU88VD1/4+++Suzanne.jpg Sheltering On The Bay - Suzanne, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1597099134419-Q5PT05D3FIY9XQBVXQQ4/1%2B%2B%2BColleen.jpg Sheltering On The Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1597100078750-MAW8EG1DK2J0HNJFUTGY/5+++Ellen.jpg Sheltering On The Bay - Ellen, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1597100114704-8HZ3YYNUPFDL9M99ZGWR/6+++Richard%26Katherine.jpg Sheltering On The Bay - Katherine and Richard, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1597100159556-HQC4GVIGOEYYRLJJOVDO/7+++Linders.jpg Sheltering On The Bay - Linders, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1597100192924-LN15BV02DX3U94UXBV2L/8+++Lisa.jpg Sheltering On The Bay - Lisa, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1597100220407-VPL5J64HTHUPJW9DMBGF/9+++Bernie%26Ned.jpg Sheltering On The Bay - Bernie and Ned, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1597100247901-92FPHTNB3Z9WS1GD3K25/10+Ladies+Lunch.jpg Sheltering On The Bay - Women's Group, 2020 http://www.marnaclarke.com/walking-him-home daily 0.75 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/531d11eee4b0fd769dea9e39/1760724443717-2EVSX99O28V1V6CBU739/1.+Broken+Leg+and+iPad%2C+2023.jpg Walking Him Home - Broken Leg and iPad, 2023 We had been together for 20 years, starting when I was 62 and he was 73. We had enjoyed good health, our morning coffee together, building a fire and watching the daily evening news, dancing. We were artists, he an architect and oil painter, and I a photographer. Occasionally I would think about getting older trying to imagine what I would look like. I began photographing myself to get a full sense of what I looked like front, back, sideways, clothed and naked. At some point, I began to photograph us together in our daily lives. As the years passed, I noticed the changes in our appearances…we were growing old. I was sublimating my scary, unpleasant feelings about aging and dying into images of the two of us as we slowly moved into old age. I documented those 2 decades we had together, right up until 2022, when at age 93, Igor passed away. 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