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The Desert Mallow ... or Sphaeralcea Ambigua, if you want to get your Latin on. I first encountered this vivid plant while driving through Death Valley several years ago. I stopped to photograph the plant because it was vibrant, and unlike much of the hardscrabble flora of the desert. This image is from one of three specimens in my yard, grown from seed harvested in the desert.

As a kid I was fascinated with photographs. Look. Life magazine. National Geographic. That well-captured interplay of light and shadow...the notion of people, places and moments - all suspended in time. My first "real" camera was a Minolta Srt101. I was seduced. As a teenager, I learned to develop film while working at Wyle Laboratories in El Segundo. I still recall the smell of the developer, my eyes adjusting to the red filter light, and the sheer magic and delight of watching images begin to emerge. Life, family and a career as a teacher and psychologist intervened, not to mention a few more film cameras. Eventually, there was digital. Liberation! Photography is the creative medium that has allowed me to share personal ...