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Saturday, September 4, 2010

Payson woman's 'Poetry in Motion' in AZ Highways

Poetry in Motion by Gerri Levine

Gerri Levine of Payson won third place in the 2010 Arizona Highways photo contest and her photo "Poetry in Motion" was published in the September issue of Arizona Highways.

Nearly a native Arizonan, Gerri grew up in Phoenix, went to college on the east coast and then settled in Berkeley, Calif. for nearly 40 years.  A retired cancer researcher, Gerri and her husband Howard moved to Payson in late 2004.

She grew up reading Arizona Highways and finds it a wonderful honor to have her photograph published in the magazine. She was asked to display a print of "Poetry in Motion" at the Phippen Museum in Prescott for their Christmas show and sale.

"I was trying to capture the kaleidoscope of energy, color and movement that is Native Indian dance in this photo taken at the Apache Gold Powwow in San Carlos.

"Shooting fairly open at f/5.6, I used a relatively slow shutter speed of 1/25 to cause motion blur but kept the lens steady by resting it on the railing in front of me. By focusing on the stillest part--the dancer’s face--I tried to have some sharp detail within the whirlwind of activity."

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