The Gathering Canvas Print

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Looking east, across Lee Wash, with the snow covered Panamint Range in the distance. Just west of Death Valley, I have stopped for a moment in my FJ to capture the foreboding quickly heading my way. As I drive solo heading from Saline Valley to hwy 190 via South Pass, a faint voice in my mind says, "Joe....what do you think you're doing out here?"

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 ...