Motoring On
By Steve Bennett | November 14, 2020
When I began documenting the pandemic in my area, I was looking for the signs of distress that we’re all feeling. I still capture them whenever I can, but now I’m looking for moments of relief from the ever-present Covidian cloud hanging over our heads. Like this image from a recent photo walk along the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The rider appeared from nowhere, as if she were floating above the ground, swaying and balancing with perfect grace. And so fast—a moment after I captured her in the viewfinder, she was just a tiny blur at the far end of the road. Then she turned around for another high-speed run on her electric unicycle. And then another. A perfect metaphor for what we need to do—motor on with whatever grace and balance we can muster.
Copyright © 2020 Steve Bennett
Steve Bennett is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based visual artist. He began taking photographs more than 40 years ago, in the age of film, and transitioned to digital photography in the late 90s. Today, in addition to taking and making traditional street, macro, and landscape photographs, he creates photo-based abstract composites designed to take viewers on fanciful flights of the imagination through virtual realms. His work has been displayed in numerous juried exhibitions, and at Google’s Kendall Square, Cambridge offices as well as various technology, biotech, and financial service companies in the Boston area.
Terrific capture, poignant message, Steve.
Many thanks–it was a joy to see her fly by, even if for a brief moment! Yes–motor on!