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Rainy Days and Card Games
Two rolls of Portra 160, one roll of E100, and a Pentax 645 NII with the 75mm — that was the kit for the lake…
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Standin’ on the Corner
“Well, I’m a-standin’ on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and such a fine sight to see.”— The Eagles, “Take It Easy” (1972) On May 15,…
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Show Low Rodeo
For four hours on May 23, I stood at the bottom of the stands at the Linden Valley Arena in Show Low, Arizona, and photographed…
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Painted Desert
The Painted Desert is a 150-mile stretch of badlands in northeastern Arizona, named for the colorful bands of eroded sediment that run through it. Most…
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Mogollon Rim at Night
The Mogollon Rim is the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau — a 200-mile-long escarpment that drops about 2,000 feet from the high country around…
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The Sturgeon Moon Goes Dark
The forecasts said 15-19% cloud cover from midnight to 4 AM. The sky delivered. I stood in a soccer field on the northwest side of…
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The Milky Way Between the Buttes
Later, on the night I made the Cathedral Rock sunset photo, I went back to the same spot. This time at 2:42 in the morning,…
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Cathedral Rock
I had been thinking about this site from the very beginning of my planning for this trip. Cathedral Rock is a sandstone butte about 5,000…
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Two Weeks in Central Arizona
I’ve wanted to travel to somewhere I’d never been in the United States and stay long enough to really see it. Not making photographs as…
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How I Learn to See Before I Shoot
Photography Journal is a space for original photographs, the stories behind them, and reflections on learning to see with more intention. This opening post shares…