"Anu" (Celtic Goddess)

8x10 Wet collodion Process
Concept and design by James Walker Imagery

Thank you all for being a part of this experiment. More to come. This is where I kinda wanted to be when I first started this process. Growing up in the theater with Mom and both my Parents being Opera Singers I was saturated with the drama of the stage and music. We are, in part mostly a product of our own environment no?

In Irish mythology, Anu (or Ana, sometimes given as Anann or Anand) is a goddess. She may be a goddess in her own right,[1] or an alternate name for Danu.

There are many iterations of Anu, and meanings to the people that said her name. In this first instance, for me, she plays the role of both the creator of life, "with her arms she raises the earth and life anew", and of Death. "She brought on a blight, then set a fire that blackened the world". So rebirth is still a theme here. A full circle.

The second image, "Anu (Great Mother) mourns"
(Celtic Goddess)
Here she mourns the end of her cycle.
Where man has his domain.
The natural way of things is lost.

This is the start of an ongoing subject matter I will be working on.

Much of the concept comes from the days before digital blue screens where scenes in early cinema where staged with painted backdrops and unsophisticated wardrobe. Keeping a "feel" from a time long ago but making imagery with a current subject matter in mind. These projects take many months of coordination with other artists and are a thing of love, patients and persistence.