Camera/Lens info: Sony a7Riv digital camera with 16-35 mm zoom lens, shot at 16 mm, f11, with 0.6sec exposure time
Artist’s note:
In August 2021 I had the opportunity to travel to Juneau, Alaska and explore the area over a course of a week with a fellow photographer. This photograph was taken in an ice cave on the Mendenhall Glacier which is one of the major glaciers that connect to the vast Juneau Ice Field. To get to this location, we chartered a helicopter and subsequently climbed down the glacier into the ice cave.
Jacob M. Buchowski, MD, MS
Jacob M. Buchowski, MD, MS, is the Lawrence G. and Elizabeth A. Lenke Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Professor of Neurological Surgery. He is a Vice Chair and Chief of the Spine Division in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Buchowski earned his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University and his medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in orthopaedic surgery at Johns Hopkins, where he served as administrative chief resident at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was fellowship trained in adult and pediatric spine surgery in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Buchowski's clinical interests include surgical treatment of primary and metastatic spinal tumors; spinal deformity surgery for scoliosis, kyphoscoliosis, and kyphosis; and surgical treatment of degenerative disorders of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine. His research interests include: clinical outcomes following surgery for spinal tumors and metastatic spine disease and complex reconstructive/deformity surgery. He also has an interest in translational and basic science research related to spine surgery.
Pablo Picasso made The Old Guitarist while working in Barcelona. In the paintings of his Blue Period (1901-04), the artist restricted himself to a cold, monochromatic blue palette, flattened forms, and emotional, psychological themes of human misery and alienation related to the work of such artists as Edvard Munch and Paul Gauguin. The elongated, angular figure of the blind musician also relates to Picasso’s interest in Spanish art and, in particular, the great 16th-century artist El Greco. The image reflects the twenty-two-year-old Picasso’s personal struggle and sympathy for the plight of the downtrodden; he knew what it was like to be poor, having been nearly penniless during all of 1902.