Hudson Ice, Danielle

Hudson Ice, 2010
Danielle
Photography

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about the piece.

In Danielle's words, "When we lost our first son, Kai, we scattered his ashes in the Hudson River near Cold Spring, New York, so he could be gently returned to the water and become part of nature.  Our second child was taken from us last week in such a way that there were no ashes to scatter.  We returned to Cold Spring this weekend.  The Hudson is frozen over at this time of year and, as we stood looking out at the water, we began to hear the ice crack- sudden, sharp, random bursts of noise that made the ice begin to shift and sink into itself.  Somehow, the cracking of the ice seemed like a metaphor for what we've lost- beautiful, ever-changing, seemingly solid, and then suddenly broken and gone. This is also a lot like what I imagine my heart to look like right now."

about the photographer.

Danielle is a psychologist in New York City, where she lives with her husband and misses her two children who might have been.  Much to everyone's frustration, she does not have a blog.