In April of 1970 Robert Smithson created the Spiral Jetty on the north shore of The Great Salt Lake in Utah. Three years later at the age of 35 he died in a plane crash in New Mexico while scouting a location for one of his projects. In honor of the Jetty's 40th anniversary and to pay tribute to Smithson I gathered together 13 of Utah's most beautiful women and photographed them on the Jetty during the last few hours of sunlight on Saturday May 8th, 2010.
For most of its 40 years the Spiral Jetty has been underwater, appearing only rarely when the water levels of the Great Salt Lake recede during periods of drought. As fate would have it the Jetty is completely out of water now and the crusted salt mostly washed away from the dark stones that form it. The appearance of the Jetty on its 40th anniversary created the perfect opportunity for us to go out and play and create our own contemporary interpretation of the Sirens from Homer's Odyssey.
Deb
Callie
Becky
Melissa & Tracy
Saydi
Erica, Heather & Becky
Saydi
Callie & Tracy
Melissa
Erica
Tracy
The song of the sirens rose above them and became one with the evening mist as it traveled swiftly out to sea; Unsuspecting sailors to their watery graves tonight will go.
Below is a picture of me taking the picture above, courtesy of my friend
and fellow photographer Jason Santti who documented the shoot for us.
photo by Jason Santti
photo by Jason Santti
Heather
Melissa
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