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My first scan from my outing yesterday. It always amazes me the habitat that water creates. It is life. It is even more so in the desert. And such a beautiful place is so close. We should always remember the importance of water, and how it impacts ev

Water in the desert is a special thing. Doubly so when it’s hidden and so close to home

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Well my Utah 2025 project is officially done! Prints are made, and they turned out amazing. Thank you @whitewall_lab !!

Also, if you’re into zines… I created a zine of all the photographs made for this project available for purchase for

I love this portion of the Santa Cruz River. This is one of the few places that water runs through its channel year round. This is what the river used to look like. Now it only runs like this in certain “preserved” locations.

It is stil

Because I cannot leave well enough alone, I’ve already started on my next project. I’ve lived in deserts for a good chunk of my life: the Colorado Desert, the Mojave Desert, and most recently the Sonoran Desert. I have always been interes

Finished with all the photographs from the trip up to Utah! It is a great feeling to finish all the developing, scanning, and editing.

I’ve ordered my prints, so the project is done!

I am actually also working on both a zine and a photograp

One thing I love about the desert is all the detail and the contrasts. The 4x5 negatives bring it all out!

I love exploring these negatives I made in Utah. Everyone is proof of how nature is so detailed and beauty is everywhere.

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With everything going on in the world, sometimes is import to remember the emptiness, and how small we all are. Staying grounded in all of this has always helped me through trying times. It helps me to remember the beauty in the universe. It also dri

I could only imagine traveling that road. I bet the views are great, and oh the photographs I could make from that vantage point!

Though the view from the top of the mesas were not half bad.

Almost done with all the photographs from this trip in

While out in Aches NP, the weather changed so quickly. One minute it was overcast, the next the brilliant sun burst through. The shadows that were thrown would make the geologic landscape just pop!

One thing that was always there though, was the wi

I could only imagine what it would be like to try and cross this terrain (the White Rim and The Needles) to get to the Abajo Mountains on the other side. Under the Utah desert sun, climbing, descending, box canyons, and river crossings. It would take

Oh these views! Utah you always provide. This day was so windy, and cold! I’m enjoying getting all these negatives scanned. Mostly because of these negatives remind me of my time out there. I can almost feel the wind biting, as I try work to c

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