Looking at this aquatic scene it is hard to believe the normally here we would be looking at arid salt flats extending toward the horizon, not the reflective surface of a very large lake. But this is Death Valley, a place of astonishing variety, and sometimes that arid landscape is full of water.
Continue reading Desert Reflections, Lake Manly
Arriving at Lake Manly to photograph on this late-February morning, I would have rated the conditions as “OK but not stupendous.” I was hoping for a colorful desert sunrise over the reflecting waters of the temporary lake, but clouds muted the intensity and color of the light. My practice is to not give up but to instead find other ways of seeing the landscape. I kept photographing, and soon realized that the morning was special in different ways than I had expected.
Continue reading Morning Clouds, Lake Manly
I am often a bit uneasy about photographing street art, tags, and graffiti. In some cases it feels more like attention-getting vandalism than creative work. But there are exceptions in places where it seems to be mostly tolerated, and when the work seems like an interesting expression.
Continue reading Lisbon Graffiti #2
My “imaginary landscape” photographs are based on actual photographs of landscape subjects that are modified and re-purposed in ways that hake to attempt at literal portrayal of actual landscapes. In these images I take the landscape-based materials and explore what else they can be.
Continue reading Imaginary Landscape — Blue Sand