Ghosts
Eroding sandstone and hoodoos are a common sight in the American West, but the badlands of Western New Mexico are unlike anyplace else. Here, wind and rain carve unusual shapes into the earth, revealing hues of natural white, chartreuse and crimson. A landscape that is ever changing and evolving through natural erosion and decay. For this series of images, I tried to capture the feeling of being in this dream-like landscape and its unusual, yet beautiful character.
Keeler
These images were captured in Keeler, California, a very small town in eastern California where only a handful of people live today. Keeler was once a bustling oasis in the desert, with hundreds of residents, numerous homes and businesses, and a beautiful natural lake alongside it. Then in the early twentieth-century, Los Angeles built an aqueduct that siphoned water away from the area, causing the lake to dry up and turn into a toxic dustbowl. Nearly everyone moved away, leaving homes and businesses behind. From this project I published a limited edition zine and video documenting my experience in the town.
Drift
In the radiant white sands of southern New Mexico, light reflects and envelops you from all directions, creating an experience that may feel disorienting and hallucinatory. Soft waves of gypsum undulate as far as the eye can see. As blindingly bright afternoons give way to evening, the dunes take on brilliant hues of orange and purple, casting a warm ambient glow. The images captured here capture my experiences thus far exploring this distinctive landscape.
In summer, snow and ice recede from Iceland’s mountainous interior, revealing vast fields of volcanic ash, basalt mountains, and soft green moss. The landscape is raw, beautiful, and unforgiving. Light is ever-present, dimming only between the hours of midnight and three before daylight returns again for another day. The images presented here are part of an ongoing series, captured on the ground and in the air.
Highlands
The coastline of Oregon and Washington state in the Pacific Northwest is in a continual state of flux. Here, wind and waves carve out chunks of the mainland, creating caves, inlets and sea stacks. This creates a textural contrast of smooth water and sand mixed with rough rocks and boulders.
Cascadia
These images are part of an ongoing project photographing the ancient desert landscapes of southern Utah and northern Arizona. Millions of years in the making, and still mostly untouched by man, I’m fascinated by the variety of colors, textures, and plethora of giant boulders and rocks, some of which are magically transformed into sculptural hoodoos.