Menu
  • Home
  • Classes
    • Crystal Bowl Sound Baths
    • Dance Seen
    • Dance Temple
    • Dance as Prayer
    • Gift of the Tao Qigong 1: Vibratory Acts of Power
    • Gypsy Caravan Tribal Bellydance ®
    • Healing Chronic Pain
    • Move the Earth
    • Moving to Heal
    • Nia
    • Saying Yes!
    • Tergar Meditation
    • Women's Circle
  • Events
    • Healing through the Elements
    • THE EMBODIED LIFE™
    • Voice of Truth
    • Women's Clothing Swap
  • Calendar
  • Teachers
    • Anat LeBlanc
    • Antje Schaefer
    • Audrey Steele
    • Ben Rosen
    • Carlton Grew
    • Jacqueline Rubinstein
    • Katie Gray
    • Marissa Leigh
    • Paulette Rees-Denis
    • Russell Delman
    • Sara Eden Moss
    • Siere Munro
    • Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
  • Practitioners
    • Jacqueline Rubinstein
    • Marissa Leigh
    • Ryan McLaughlin
  • Rental
  • Blog
  • Contact

Winter Artist Highlight: Ray Phung Photography

Posted on January 16, 2018 by McKinley Secl

 

Step outside through the lens of this winter season’s artist highlight, Ray Phung Photography!

 

Our Nature is the concept of his photographic ensemble gracing the walls of SomaSpace. Our Nature is series of landscape photographs taken in the American West by photographer Ray Phung.  Each photograph is paired with quote, poem, song, or thought from various poets, conservationists, environmentalist, creators, explorers, and lovers of the outdoors.

Our Nature is dedicated to these powerful moments that nature provides, and hopes to inspire a sense of responsibility to preserve them for generations to come.

Ray explains the concept of Our Nature:

“The pure beauty of the Earth has the distinctive ability to evoke a very deep, almost primal, emotional response in within our souls.  Each of us can remember the power of a breathtaking sunset, the sound of rushing water cascading down a brook, or that feeling of smallness when standing underneath a billion stars as the Milky Way shines overhead.  Perhaps in these moments, we feel our humanity intricately intertwined with the Earth, and not simply a user or resident of it.  But yet, we have the unmistakable power to either destroy it or save it.  The future of our planet, of Our Nature, is up to us.”

Our Nature is dedicated to these powerful moments that nature provides, and hopes to inspire a sense of responsibility to preserve them for generations to come.

“A harsh hot wind makes creases around my eyes as I struggle to focus the lens.  A desolate wasteland, where the struggle for life and survival continues. 

And in this moment, I am the desert. 

The heart a desert tower, standing as a sentinel.  Its age and stories exposed in layers of sediment and stone.  Yet it evolves.  Wind and rain shapes its sheer face, fractures it to the core, then turns to dust. 

The mind a jackrabbit, racing across the dusty plateau, gracefully weaving through thorns and cacti. A prey to many.  Yet he survives.  An expert of the land, always watchful and cautious.  Agile and resilient.

The soul a soft pink light, gloriously glowing across the landscape as the first light touches an infinite expanse.  The dark crevasses become illuminated.  A delicate beauty, constantly developing as darkness turns to light. 

Then I exhale as I open the shutter.”

-Ray Phung 

 

Ray Phung is a photographer based in Portland, Oregon, focusing primarily on landscape and adventure photography. His passions in various activities like rock climbing, hiking, and backpacking takes him to very remote and very beautiful locations across the globe.  Ray’s exploration has also instilled a passion for conservation, environmental protection, land use, and access issues that are endangering the places that he loves.  Working both in digital and film photographs, Ray hopes to share the breathtaking beauty that is out there, as well as to inspire others to fight for the preservation of sacred places and confront the pressing issues facing the environment.

To see more of Ray’s work, to order prints, & to check out the online version of the gallery show go to:

RayPhungPhotography.com/OurNature 

Share this:

  • Email
  • Print


Post navigation

**Special** Winter Discounts from our Practitioners!!!
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions + a free class recording for you!!

Recent Posts

  • Healing Arts Practitioner Room Available For Rent!!
  • Healing Arts Practitioner Room Available to Rent at SomaSpace
  • Yang Earth Dog? Why? ~ Lunar New Year 2018
  • How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions + a free class recording for you!!
  • Winter Artist Highlight: Ray Phung Photography

Archives

  • April 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017

Get Social

       

  • Copyright 2008. SomaSpace. All rights reserved.

    For reservations or questions: contact@SomaSpace.us / 971.258.1885

    Join SomaSpace's Email List Click Here

    4050 NE Broadway Street, Portland, Oregon, USA 97232

    Copyright 2008. SomaSpace. All rights reserved.

           

  • ×
    loading Cancel
    Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
    Email check failed, please try again
    Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.