MEG Favorites, Part III

Turning the corner from January to February means we’re fully in the New Year, but we have one last post in our series of favorite images from 2011. The selections of MEG members Sandy LeBrun-Evans and Maureen Minehan prove that photographs can be very personal, yet still universal, at the same time. 

Sandy LeBrun-Evans

                                            (c) Sandy LeBrun-Evans

I thought a lot about my favorite image from last year and at first I thought it was a tossup between two from my Forgotten series – Café 27 and Truck. The real answer though is more personal – my true favorite image from 2011 is one I took of my daughter walking down the beach with her girls behind her, heads down, following their mama. Something about my strong baby girl leading the way for her own daughters spoke to me. She is a wonderful mom and a great person for her girls to look up to and follow through life.  

Maureen Minehan

                                                (c) Maureen Minehan

My favorite 2011 image also features family and sand, even though no people appear in it. This image was taken during a family trip to Rehoboth Beach, DE that included multiple generations. My expectations for shooting much that week were low – it can be hard to combine family time with photography, no matter what the location. Still, my brother gamely rose with me each morning at 5 a.m. to capture sunrise from the beach and I treasure both the quiet time I had with him and the new work that came from it. This image reflects the peace and beauty of those early morning excursions and will be included in my upcoming solo exhibit opening March 26^th at Multiple Exposures.