I had a fun, full day on the water capturing paddlers, boaters and anglers enjoying a more natural river system. The land feels like a fairy tale, as though the passage of an epic journey still wafts on the wind.
I scoured the drowned forest for the compositions etched into my mind these last weeks. I’ve studied these trees in my dreams, I’ve watched the light illuminate their texture, I’ve seen the shadows in their shape. I was here to photograph these trees, to find their stories that have been stuck in the thickening mud of this lost place.
Exploring the Great Calusa Blueway in southwest Florida with Paddle Florida.
Made with seashells and salt spray by Matt Keene at Pallet House Pictures.
There are two significant relationships that have come to light during the most recent drawdown of the Rodman Pool on the Ocklawaha River in north central Florida.
A short teaser highlighting the 2015-16 drawdown of the Rodman Pool and hinting at an upcoming environmental documentary and artist profile.
The third video in a series for Paddle Florida, Paddle Florida: Dam to the Bay highlights their Ochlockonee River eco-adventure in Florida’s Panhandle. The video was filmed, edited and produced by Matt Keene.
The second video in a series of videos for Paddle Florida, Paddle Florida: Florida Keys Challenge follows the company’s 88-mile eco-adventure through the Florida Keys.
An examination of the Kirkpatrick (Rodman) Dam and its impacts on the Ocklawaha River in Florida. Produced for River be dammed, a multimedia project investigating the Ocklawaha River and its relationship with the Kirkpatrick Dam. Reported, filmed and edited by Matt Keene. See the full project at riverbedammed.org
A few miles northwest of Downtown St. Augustine is a pond shaped like a tear. Its edges are fringed with cattails overlooked by reaching pine trees and southern red maples bursting with fall color. Small birds flit through scrub brush; ducks glide through the windswept water.
