""So I went in, and nobody was there. And it was transformational," Isaak said. "You walk into that space, and you know you are someplace else. And if you're lucky, you can relinquish all the baggage that you're carrying and just be in that place.""
""It's the opportunity to see, to look, to observe.""
""I never had a book in mind," Isaak said. "But I wanted to have a show.""
Carol Isaak visited Portland's Lan Su Garden on March 1, 2021, during pandemic masking and social distancing mandates and found the empty garden transformational. She photographed shadows, bare branches, and compositions that evoked line drawing, drawing on her art school background and experience as a Portland Art Museum docent. Isaak began visiting the garden three to four times a week and assembled 77 images into Seasons: Lan Su Garden, published by Chin Music Press and released Sept. 16 to coincide with the garden's 25th anniversary. The book is organized by seasons and emphasizes light, layers, curves, passages, and juxtapositions.
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