In extreme northwest Victoria, Australia, where the outback begins, lies a dry eucalyptus land called Sunset Country. I have never seen this place, but the name itself is its own reward. Imagine—the evocation of the mere word sunset. What comes to mind? Of course dazzling reds and oranges, reflected in the water or across desert [...]
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The Photographer’s I: Sunset Country
Posted in Landscapes, Minimalist Photography, New Mexico, Oregon, Photographic Criticism, Utah, tagged Albuquerque, cloud photography, Coastal Storms, Curry County Oregon, Ophir Beach OR, Oregon Coast Photography, Photo Essay, Port Orford OR, sunset photography on December 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Photographer’s I: Rocks
Posted in Idaho, Landscapes, Natural History, New Mexico, Oregon, Parks & Monuments, Photographic Criticism, Utah, Western Photography, tagged Ancestral Puebloan Ruins, geology western states, Hovenweep, petroglyphs, Photo Essay, Port Orford OR on April 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Rocks to me are akin to bones, bones of the earth, it’s skeletal frame that has been pressed and extruded and deposited. Rocks in one sense hold the meaning of life, because life has evolved in a medium of rocks dissolved, eroded, polished, blown, washed away, wore bare by human feet or by their chips [...]
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