Ranalli, Retro-Actively

Daniel Ranalli’s show “Retro-Active” runs at Wellfleet Preservation Hall through Aug. 22. There will be an opening reception on Friday, Aug. 6, 4 to 6 p.m. Ranalli has worked among the Outer Cape coasts and dunes for over 35 years. He witnesses and “collaborates” with natural processes, documenting them in photographs along the way. For the piece Daily Observances, Ranalli walked to a specific place on Wellfleet Bay to make an identically framed photograph at 7 a.m. each day over several months. The resulting photographs comment on tides, temperatures, and weather, and lead us to reflect on being both witnesses and participants in nature. The hall is open at 335 Main St. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.