More Than a Rock

26Projects and Explorations

While rocks were photographed, the subject of the sequence is not rocks; while symbols seem to appear, they are pointers to the significance. The meaning appears in the space between the images, in the mood they raise in the beholder.

—Minor White

I’m actively working on a number of themes these days. Some involve a specific subject matter, others result from a fascination with specific locations—primarily those making up the greater geography of my beloved home on the Colorado Plateau—and some that at this time can only be described as abstract or immature concepts.

I was surprised, however, when a friend recently asked how my Desert Sky Symphony project was coming along. I answered that I discovered several interesting ...