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The Graphics Are Everywhere
Continue ReadingAt points of interest in our southern deserts you often find a trail leading to petroglyphs (rock markings) of the ancient kind, sometimes with modern written analysis posted alongside, attempting to explain the function or significance of the prehistorical marks. But consider my present-day “Petroglyphs” above. Could you now decipher what lies behind these contemporary […]
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Some Desert Glory
Continue ReadingIt is hard to resist a pink & red, deep blue, orange, purple, yellow/aqua and green-studded sunset. Or a less garish one below in mostly navy blue:
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The Hyperreal & The Grand Canyon
Continue ReadingI ask myself why folks react in their individual ways to a structure like the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. Not everybody thinks it the greatest thing in the world; moods and opinions differ. It suffers from its reputation and from its prolific representation in film and still imagery — it is hard to […]
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On the Importance of Minerals
Continue Reading“The world is going to pieces and people like Adams and Weston are photographing rocks!” Henri Cartier-Bresson, Deceased French Photographer In our headline Mr. Cartier-Bresson scorns the work of American photographers Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. His comment is sarcastic but contains a relevant question: could there be any meaning in photographing the natural […]
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Kindred Spirits
Continue ReadingThe three people in my photograph are strangers to me. They appear to be a happy family, average folks paused at a rest area between Flagstaff and Phoenix, Arizona while a winter storm passes. When weather erupts from this spot landscape views can become fantastic and approach sublime proportions — as on this afternoon. The […]
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