Irina Adam
PHOTOGRAPHY

Webs Series/ Spider Creek

 

During the drought of autumn 2024 in the Hudson Valley, the hollow around a dwindling creek got covered in large spiderwebs, over precious mosquito hunting territory. Intricate weavings stretched across grasses and small trees, are festively visible just for a spell, by angled morning sunrays. We visit at dawn, in awe. The female orb spider spins different silks for weft and warp.

At night she devours the web, and after an hour's rest rebuildsher world anew, recycling the proteins, using yesterday’s exact anchors, attuned to land and wind. 

In early October the first rains came, revealing in the webs, water-sparked constellations. With the rains came the smells of fall inspiring a scent composition - creek, fallen oak leaves, webs of ginger lily and saffron.