Natural Abstractions
"A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera."
– Dorathea Lange
These images, taken in Death Valley and the White Mountains of California, explore the varied rhythms created by light and shadow. I found these rhythms in landscapes and close-ups: the textures and undulating forms of sand dunes, the stripes woven into the clay hills, mosaic patterns in rock walls, and ripples of grain in ancient bristlecone pines.
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Mirrored Dunes
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Dunes with Mesquite Bushes
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Rippled Dune
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Dune and Cracked Mud
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Zabriskie Point 1
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Zabriskie Point 2
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Westgard Pass 1
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Westgard Pass 2
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Westgard Pass 3
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Westgard Pass 4
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Bristlecone Pine 1
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Bristlecone Pine 2