Anyone seeking inspiration, and a rare glimpse into the life and work of one of the American West’s greatest photographers, will do well to spend some time reading David Leland Hyde’s new blog “Landscape Photography Blogger“.
David is the son of photographer and wilderness activist Philip Hyde and offers, among tributes to his father’s photographic and [...]
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I am temporarily severed from my image files and camera gear so no photographs this time around. The vacuum is filled with facts and a feeble attempt to grasp their meaning.
If I were to travel at the speed of light (roughly 670,000,000 mph) I would reach the other edge of the Milky Way in about [...]
Apparently not much, at least as it pertains to the goal of photographic technology. It seems comical that modern day film aficionados tout the benefits of a product that was really just meant to make life simpler and easier in the days of glass plates. Film ads of the 1800s and early 1900s boasted such [...]
Prior to leaving on my recent trip to the Pacific Northwest, I told a friend I needed time to myself to visit some ghosts. This was intended with all sincerity. Some of my closest friends, greatest role models, and dearest loves are ghosts.
Shortly before the trip I heard an NPR interview with Wendell Berry. He [...]
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