Looking again at an earlier image, the scene does not repeat but transforms. What seemed ordinary can reveal new layers. In the shift between figure and relief, we glimpse Soja’s thirdspace, where lived and imagined meanings continue to unfold.

Between cracks in buildings, touched by thin light, even the smallest pockets hold human traces. A photograph can draw these out, showing how space carries narratives that slip beyond the fixed and the obvious.

A barely visible lonely figure walks the frame, dissolving into darkness. The town bends around us and the ordinary street takes on a quiet sense of a story to explore. #photography

Another image from #JoshuaTreeNationalPark Cactus and Boulders, Joshua Tree National Park, California #scape #nature #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #nationalparks

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Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art. Andy Warhol

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“The reckless declaration of vast national monuments has locked up thousands of acres of land, placing them off limits to responsible mining, energy development and other multiple-use purposes that help fuel our economy and support American energy independence." So said Gosar.

There are a lot of mediocre waterfall shots out there, but this one really works.

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If you let other people's vision get between the world and your own, you will achieve that extremely common and worthless thing, a pictorial photograph. Paul Strand

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desert double ex creosote bush 9.24.25 one more from this morning

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I've posted this before. I'll do it again: Whatever the aspect, I've tried to provide clear witness to what I've found, to resonate well enough with the harmonics of the place that the tuning can be felt in the pictures. Frank Gohlke

desert double ex erosion 9.23.25 The sun and heat may dominate in the desert, but water forms the landscape.

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I offer a print of the month for purchase on Fine Art America. A new one on the first of every month. Check it out... 1-pj-finn.pixels.com

You can ignore this, or contribute - your call, but I'll simply point out that print purchases and donations are greatly appreciated, both here and on the blogs. They're not necessary, I'll continue to post what I post, but they are appreciated. Links in my profile.

The photographer, if he is to maintain his integrity must be responsible to himself, he must seek a public which will accept his vision, rather than pervert his vision to fit that public. Alexey Brodovitch

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Beer o'clock Ondu pinole 6x6 pocket Washi S #pinhole #photography #filmphotography #believeinfilm

📱 | Northern Minnesota (2025) Fall Grass #angles #blueskyartshow

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Something good: a new, nonprofit newsroom run by some wonderful, experienced folks (core crew from Outside mag's glory days) dedicated to journalism about American public lands! Looks like the plan is to collaborate a fair bit with other outlets.

The word 'consumatron' alone makes this worth a repost.

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California Desert, 1999 • William Eggleston It is the real, and not the map, whose vestiges persist here and there in the deserts that are no longer those of the Empire, but ours: the desert of the real itself. -- Jean Baudrillard, in Simulacra and Simulation

another one worth repeating:

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I want to be clear about what I'm saying here. I'm not denying the danger. I'm not denying the threat. I AM saying that we live in a geographically huge country where the vast majority oppose this administration. They don't have the power to work on that scale. Tho they want us to believe they do

Probably worth saying again: There is no large organization called "antifa." Maybe 12 people in Portland who like to dress all in black.

I've always thought that the only purpose of neckties was to remind men just how short a leash they're really on.

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