This is the story of Persephone, who arrives in Oregon from the sea, blue-haired and naked in the late afternoon of a New Moon. Here she finds an Eden-like country of great ferns and grasses, waterfalls, rivers, and giant forest trees -- but no flowers, no animals, no people.This book of photographs follows Persephone through the seasons, as she travels across Oregon on Lunar and Solar time tables, visiting and staying in strange and mythical locations known to very few people ever, and rarely indicating any human presence to this time.As with her Grecian namesake and forebear, Persephone first lives in a beautiful and peaceful nature, ultimately eats a forbidden fruit, becomes personally responsible for widespread misery and death, spends several months in Hell, and becomes obsessed with spring flowers and the seasons of the year. In common with her biblical counterpart, Eve, she also encounters a Talking Snake who gives her unsettling and life-changing information. This modern allegory is told in words and in fine-art photographs that stay true to both Greek and Chrtistian mythology and to the generally unknown beautiful and ethereal Oregon landscapes that illustrate this story of Persephone.Each picture is intended to tell a story; each series of pictures ("pinax") is also intended to tell a story; all of the pictures together ("pinakes") tell an entirely different story. It depends on who is viewing the images, when and where, as to what the stories are.