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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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