Sakura in New England 新英格蘭櫻花

A subjective study of vintage sakura cherry blossom trees in New England during the 2020-2021 pandemic by Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman. 新英格蘭櫻花 by 任思麒.

The location of these vintage trees is at the former WWII/Cold War Naval Airbase "South Field" now known as "Union Point" where Air Ships once flew. These trees are vintage from the 1970s-1990s. Most of the original trees died, and these are the last ones left.

This project required several days of shooting in Mid April 2021 during the Pandemic. Kandice had to walk a few miles from her home and carry her equipment on foot with a bad back/spine and suffered from pain & exhaustion due to the dedicated work to get the perfect photos. The lens she used (SIGMA 135mm F1.8) was a gift from her brother.

  • Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman
    Photographer
  • Genres:
    Floral, plants, nature, spring, seasonal
  • Date Taken:
    April 18, 2021
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Camera:
    EOS CANON 70D
  • Lens:
    SIGMA 135mm F1.8 DG HSM Art 017
  • Focal Length:
    135mm
  • Shutter Speed:
    1/99s
  • Aperture:
    ƒ/16.0
  • ISO / Film:
    100
  • Student Project:
    No
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Artist Biography

Artist, Animator, Filmmaker, and Photographer Kandice Kathleen Zimbleman (任思麒) graduated from the Art Institute of Philadelphia in 2001 majoring in Computer Animation. She also attended UARTS Philadelphia, and UMASS Boston.

Kandice's real actual name in Chinese is 任思麒, and has a love for Ancient Greek Philosophy as well as Ancient Chinese Scholars such as: 老子/Laozi/Lao Tsu's work 道德經/Dao De Jing/Tao Te Ching, Mozi 墨翟, Zhuangzi 莊子, Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮, Li Bai 太白, Bodhidharma, Alan Watts.

Kandice also has a continuing fascination with an Ancient Chinese Language Arts styles known often translated in English as "Classical Chinese" or as "idioms" but is more of a poetic style of using language in Chinese including 文言文 wén yán wén or 古文 Gǔwén, and most especially 成語 chéngyǔ. It's very difficult to even explain what these things mean in English.

Kandice has also lived in China multiple times from 2003-2008, and read many famous classical Chinese novels including Journey to the West/Xī Yóu Jì/西遊記, A Dream of Red Mansions/Honglou Meng/红楼梦, and 道德經 (Tao Te Ching/Dao De Jing) is the book she's read dozens of times in various translations, and also studied the Chinese Characters in the text. She's also watched countless films, TV shows, dramas, popular music performances in Chinese from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Macau, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang.

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Artist Statement

藝術是俺心灵的颜色。
Art is The Color of My Heart!