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Quoting from the announcement by Northshire Bookstore:

The Orchard is a photographic study, created in an abstract manner, of an apple orchard in Vermont. Photographed over a two year period, 2020-2022, through all seasons, the images reveal seasonal changes as well as evoke emotional states of the artist and the greater population during a difficult period of time that everyone was experiencing in those years. Photographed with a Mint InstantKon RF70 camera, the images were created in-camera and vary in abstraction, multiple exposure, different focus lengths, and changes in color palette. The wide variety of imagery speaks to the many moments of the pandemic cycle and allows the viewer to ponder those complex times and reflect on the feelings expressed, such as grief, loss, renewal, and hope, as portrayed by the changes of season and annual cycle of the trees.

Harvey Stein, educator at the International Center of Photography and L.A. Center of Photography, says:  The images in Susan Weiss’ The Orchard are unlike any we’ve ever seen. Full of color, swirl, blur, and emotion, they sweep us up into the orchard’s life over the four seasons and connect it to our own desires and dreams. This is a complex, serious, and intelligent body of work. Susan’s art transforms reality into something new and contemplative, just what art is supposed to do.