2024
California
What struck me most about California was not its beauty, but its impermanence. Places that feel ancient and enduring are, in reality, constantly changing. The coastline shifts. The desert transforms. What exists today may not exist in quite the same way tomorrow.
These photographs were made as acts of observation rather than celebration. Moments collected from landscapes caught between what they were and what they are becoming. They are reminders that even the most iconic places are temporary, and that preservation begins with paying attention.
Preserved with Intention. offered to time.
2024
Big Sur and the Central Coast
Some landscapes are defined by what remains.
The California coast is defined by what changes. Fog, tide, wind, and light continually reshape the experience of place. What is seen one evening may be gone by morning. Yet within that impermanence there is a distinct and enduring character.
These photographs are records of fleeting conditions along the Pacific coast and Oceano Dunes. They represent moments encountered, preserved, and offered forward in time.
2024
Death Valley
In January 2024, following a rare storm event, water returned to parts of Death Valley for the first time in many years. Temporary lakes formed across the basin, transforming one of the driest landscapes on Earth into something almost unrecognizable.
These photographs were made during that brief interval. Reflections appeared where salt flats normally stretch uninterrupted to the horizon. Roads crossed water that would soon disappear. The valley returned, for a moment, to a landscape few living visitors have witnessed.
Within weeks, much of it was gone again.
