Read the article Joel Sternfeld Oxbow Archive by Gretel Ehrlich.
Here are some examples of Joel sternfeld's work:
Which of his projects do you like most? Why?
What is the central character of his series in Oxbow?
How does Joel's field represent absence? What is absent?
"This field is taking over my life" Sternfeld says. How so? Could you see yourself photographing one same place for over a year or TWO? Explain
Vocabulary
Inimical: tending to obstruct or harm.
Arcadian: refers to a vision of pastoralism and harmony with nature
Evocation: the act of bringing or recalling a feeling, memory, or image to the conscious mind.
Bucolic: relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life.
Pastoral: portraying or evoking country life, typically in a romanticized or idealized form.
Elegiac: relating to or characteristic of an elegy, mournful, melancholic, melancholy, plaintive, sorrowful, sad, lamenting, doleful