| Title | 500 Walks in the Woods |
| Subtitle | some things I learned from staring at trees |
| Artist / Creator | Jim Frazer |
| Artist's Nationality | United States |
| Place of Publication | Salt Lake City UT |
| Publication Date | 2025 |
| Author of Text | Jim Frazer |
| Process / Technique | Digital printing |
| Number of Images | 8 |
| Structure / Binding | Folios unbound in a box, folded map, booklet in a pocket |
| Medium / Materials | Digital prints, board, magnetic sheet, steel, book cloth |
| Paper Stock | Asuka 48 gsm |
| Number of Pages | 8 folios, one map, one three page booklet |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) | 10.75 x 8.25 x 2.38 inches |
| Edition Size | Variable edition of 3 |
| Box / Wrapper | Fore edge grip box with magnetic closure |
| Signed & Numbered | Unsigned, unnumbered |
500 Walks in the Woods by Jim Frazer
The ritual depicted in this book grew out of my daily walks in an urban natural area that began during the COVID pandemic. It recounts first how, as I crossed a bridge into the area, I found a place of safety. Then, in an effort to avoid other walkers, I went off the trail further into the woods and found myself entranced by letting my gaze melt into the maze of branches and leaves. Soon I found myself seeking the meditative calm this provided and contemplating my connection with the other-than-human surroundings. To express this experience in visual terms, I’ve used kaleidoscopic, mandala-like images made from reflecting pieces of images of the trees to symbolize the transformation of vision and perception that can occur when I stare quietly into the thicket. The viewer can manipulate the onlays provided with each image to see four different patterns form on each base image of the woods. They are held in place magnetically. The colored lines on the map show my path while walking.
Artist Bio
Jim Frazer is an artist living in Salt Lake City who works with a variety of media and materials. Originally trained as a photographer at Georgia State University, he was one of the founders of Nexus, now the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. His work is involved with translating digital imagery of the natural environment into print and mixed media. He has been making artists books for the past five years; his books and photographic works are represented in a number of museum collections around the country.