Photo: Bent Rod (Brown Trout), California, 1996. Charles Lindsay, courtesy of Aperture Foundation.
The Yager Museum of Art & Culture at Hartwick College is proud to present Upstream: Fly Fishing in the American West, a remarkable look at the sublime sport of trout fishing, through photography and text. The exhibit, organized by the Aperture Foundation, opens to the public on October 3.
Photographer and lifelong fly fisherman Charles Lindsay waded into countless trout streams–camera in one hand, fly rod in the other–to capture on film the elementary beauty and enduring mysteries of life beneath the water’s surface. “Upstream is where I seek clear water, solitude, and trout,” writes Lindsay, ”…where I affirm my connection with land and water.” Lindsay’s photographs capture the wild beauty of their surroundings, both on the level of landscape, and the smallest inhabitants of reeds and waters. His startling sensitivity to nature makes it possible for us to literally enter the world of the trout.
Accompanying the exhibit is an evocative text by celebrated author and consummate angler Thomas McGuane. His thoughts captivate, consider and inform. “Things that pass us, go somewhere else, and don’t come back, seem to communicate directly with the soul,” he writes. “That the fisherman plies his craft on the surface of such a thing possibly accounts for his contemplative nature."
Fishermen, photographers, poets, and lovers of the arts alike will find splendor and inspiration in this unique exhibit. “Upstream” will be on display from October 3 through December 17, 2006 at The Yager Museum on the Hartwick College campus. The Yager Museum is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday, from noon to 4:30. Admission is free.
