The Photos of Linda Connor

Hagia Sofia, Istanbul, 2005
(http://www.rebeccanemser.com/1990/11/linda-connor/)

I discovered the photographic universe of Linda Connor, starting from a book that I'm reading, The Bastard of Istanbul, of Elif Shafak. Fascinated by her love of Istanbul, I looked for images, and I found a photo of Hagia Sofia that took my breath. And that's the way I entered the world of Linda Connor.

Blind Musician, Kashmir, India, 1985
(http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/suggesting-the-indescribable/Content?oid=1178249)

Linda Connor travels with a camera, not to capture images of faraway places, but to participate in the sense of the sacred that those places embody and evoke.

(http://www.rebeccanemser.com/1990/11/linda-connor/)

Apollo, Mt. Nemrut, Turkey, 1992
(http://www.ronslate.com/odyssey_photographs_linda_connor_chronicle_books)

In Connor’s camera’s mystical eye, the world is filled with ancient sacred things.

(http://www.rebeccanemser.com/1990/11/linda-connor/)

Mudra, Mindroling Monastery, Tibet 1993
(http://tucsoncitizen.com/lizard/tag/center-for-creative-photography/)

In the 70s, Connor began to travel with an 8x10 view camera to ancient landscapes marked by ritual and myth.

(http://www.rebeccanemser.com/1990/11/linda-connor/)

Sacred Text, Ethiopian Church, Jerusalem, 1995
(http://www.ronslate.com/odyssey_photographs_linda_connor_chronicle_books)

The landscape photographs of Linda Connor are reminiscent of the romantic and lyrical qualities found in nineteenth century photography. Her subject matter and methods are a link to the past, as if an attempt to recapture an aspect of humankind that has long since vanished.

(http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/object_genres/photographers/women/connor.html)

(Sufi)