Making the Images

Many of the images took quite literally years to capture, after many trips and multiple visits to certain sites and areas. Other images were given like gifts - splendid light appearing unexpectedly from the black sky of thunderstorms and lasting barely long enough to compose a picture and expose two or three sheets of film before fading away into gray and vanishing forever.

"Timing and conditions have to be perfect, and the landscape demands patience, often whispering 'not this time'. You learn to let go of frustration and disappointment, though, with the realization that every moment spent in these magical places is perfect. Many times I have hiked for miles with a sixty pound pack and shown up an hour before sunrise in the freezing cold only to expose no film at all because the light just wasn't right. And every one of those times, being there was an absolute privilege."

"You can liken the landscape in a way to a human face - the face can have almost an infinite number of expressions, depending on the mood and the emotional state of the person. The landscape has these 'moods' too - depending on the weather conditions and the ever changing light. The excitement, the addiction, is borne of the possibility of capturing a place in a unique condition of light, wearing an expression ephemeral and precious that will never be quite the same again."