portfolio: Landmarks 2002-2007


Landmarks 2002-2007

To really see a photograph, one must see more than light and object and color. When seeing moves past these things, a photograph speaks and perhaps from this we feel something. This is true with any art form.

I cannot claim these photographs will speak to you or be more than a mere record of a fleeting moment from a random day. I can say they speak to me and often they transcend their appearance. But I was there, at each of these places, and for most of these photos I lingered for hours. Far too much falls outside the frame. To get the full picture imagine the smell of desert sage after a summer rain, the sound of silence pierced by thunder, the sweet song of a canyon wren, the touch of hot sand or the rough texture of volcanic rock. Imagine goose bumps when discovering something awe-inspiring such as 2,000-year-old petroglyphs or the primal chill when crossing paths with an unhappy rattlesnake.

The photographs in this portfolio document unaltered views of actual places as found at the time of being photographed with a 4×5 Linhof view camera and Betterlight digital insert.