LANDSCAPES FOR MY SPIRIT
WHY I PHOTOGRAPH
My evolution as a photographer is directly tied to my belief in the great value and need for the wildness and beauty of nature. This belief emerged from personal experience—the death of my brother when I was eighteen in the summer of 1972. That summer I happened to be working in Glacier National Park. My immersion in that landscape during a time of great personal distress opened my eyes to the restorative powers of nature, and led me to a life in photography. At a deep level, the beauty of my surroundings seeped into my subconscious—the lush colors of a meadow dense with wildflowers, the energy of a lightning storm, the clarity of a mountain lake. In an effort to capture and convey these life-affirming ...
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