“An Extraordinary Time” is a photo column I produce once a week which originally ran in the The Seattle Post-Intelligencer under the heading “Seattle Perspectives”. It seeks to explain how we got to where we are and how we are shaping our future. It identifies our values, and the evolution of those values, through cultural geographic landscapes and ordinary daily events. It seeks to address the issues of our time and highlight the extraordinary stories behind the everyday scenes we call “life”.
At any given moment we could be attacked by terrorism, our city could be rocked by a devastating earthquake, or our nation engulfed in a deep depression. Our lives would be changed forever. During this time of war we are witnessing an unprecedented nibbling away of our civil liberties, mounting corporate scandals, and alarming powers growing in the executive branch of government.
Yet life goes on.
Today is yesterday’s destiny. Tomorrow is today’s dream.
Someday we may hear, “Do you remember when?.... that was an extraordinary time.”
Karen Ducey is a staff photographer for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Her column appeared weekly in print only from June 2005 - 2006.
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