Noe the Shepherd, Documentation series
Previewed at UMARELL Gallery, Emily Harvey Foundation.
2026
Mt Washington, California
“Sheep Run”
“Shepherd”
Wool from one of their trees” wool overay, microscopic prints
Stills from “Noe moving the herd in silence.”
11x14 Silver gelatin prints
InkJet Prints
Noe is a Shepard befriended whilst out on a walk in my old neighborhood’s hillside of Mount Washington. The early mornings were still cool, and the herd, tender to wake too quickly.
The flock is commissioned to graze land counterbalancing fire prevention & soil/ecological regeneration. Noe leads the herd to a new area of the land using low-stress rounding techniques - only snaps, claps & footsteps.
Most morning’s while out, quietly, the community would come to watch with their morning tea, and study, in filling wonder. It was a peaceful time and reflective within that, a sense of prosperous hope came from a communal witnessing of such gentle practices.