Images of living and and non-living specimens — like portraits of people — can seem animated or they can just recline listlessly on the page. In photography serendipity always operates, but functions most fluidly in a skilled observer; on this winter morning finding such a vigorous wind-sculpted tree felt like one of those fortunate […]

  The Saguaro Cactus and the Grand Canyon — each is an intimidating subject. They are emblems of the Arizona territory, represented copiously in diverse media: oil paintings, photographs, refrigerator magnets and t-shirts to mention just a few examples. The saguaro grows only here; the grandest canyon on earth by the logic of superlatives exists […]

  They are impossible to resist. You try your hand at crafting an image despite tens of thousands who have come before you — tourists and professional photographers who made their own attempts with sporadic success. One cannot take the same photograph twice. You are encouraged and motivated by that; moreover, when standing before these […]