Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Greece: A Place Where Europe Began, A Gallery of Recollections from the Land of Myth (8 images)

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What does Architecture tell you about the Intentions and culture of the Builders?


CYCLADES ISLANDS: 
SERIFOS

"SERIFOS LANDSLIDE INSURANCE, SEASIDE BRANCH"



TINOS

"A SUCCESSION OF APPEALS TO THE ANCENT POWERS," 
PIRGOS, TINOS





"AFTERNOON IN THE HAND CRAFTED LAND" 
PIRGOS, TINOS




SANTORINI

"ENTRY INTO THE HEART OF GREEK HEAVEN," 
FIRA SANTORINI




"A CLOISTERED PRESENCE," 
FIRA SANTORINI




NAXOS

"QUIXOTIC SIDEWALK,"
NAXOS



IOS

"OUR LADY OF THE MILK WHITE HILLS" 




The elegant church of St. Irene greets all who sail into the big harbor on the west side of the Island of Ios. 
The island is one of seven communities that have laid claim to the birthplace of Greece's most famous poet, Homer, who was born in approximately 800 B.C. It is very hard to pin down birthdays that far back, because there were no consistent calendars then. 

800 B.C. is several centuries before the Old Testament was codified and even many more centuries before the namesake of the harbor church was born.

I have always felt that it adds value to approach objects and ideas from the past with as much historic perspective as you can. This feeling crossed my mind again as I approached the church and its many white- washed domes, with all the mounting visual ecstasy of St. Teresa




THE PELOPONNESIAN PENINSULA

  "THE SUN AND WIND CAST DIAMONDS BEFORE THE ANCIENT STONE FEET OF MONEMVASIA"


A FORTIFIED BYZANTINE CITY 
AT THE END OF THE PENINSULA.







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Monday, August 3, 2015

Monday, July 20, 2015

RUNNING THE WHITE RIM ROAD, 100 miles of Awesome (a galley in progress 6 images)

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"WITHIN THE PENUMBRA OF A MORNING 
VERY DEEP IN TIME," 
THE WHITE RIM, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH





"AN OMEN OF EVENING FIRE RISES OVER 
THE CANDLESTICK WHITE RIM BARRENS," 
SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH





"RING CANYON ON THE CANDLESTICK, 
WHITE RIM BARRENS," 
SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH





"THE WHITE RIM RISES EAST 
TOWARD THE CANYON DEEP III," 
SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH




"CRUCIBLE WHERE A WORLD WAS BORN," 
WHITE RIM OF THE CANYONLANDS, 
SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH




"STILLWATER CANYON 
IN THE DISTANCE OF BIGHORN MESA," 
WHITE RIM ROAD, 
SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH



"JUST A SECRET BETWEEN PHARAOHS I," 
WHITE RIM, 
SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH


Monday, July 13, 2015

GRAND COUNTY, UTAH, The History of the Earth Named After a River ( a gallery in progress 2 images)

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"WHAT THE OLD MEN AT THE HEAD OF SEVENMILE CANYON KNOW, THAT YOU NEVER WILL," 
GRAND COUNTY, UTAH




"THE JEWELERS BENCH"
GRAND COUNTY, UTAH


Wednesday, July 1, 2015

CONVERSING WITH A BOWTIE, Grand County, Utah: (a gallery in progress 5 images)

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"A PILGRIM ROAD APPROACHES 
THE FABLED FORTRESS 
OF THE WINDOW ON FOREVER," 
GRAND COUNTY, UTAH





"HOLEY ROAD TO THE CHAPEL 
OF THE ALL SEEING EYE," 
GRAND COUNTY, UTAH


"STANDING ON THE TRANE OF THE SEEP GOD," 

GRAND COUNTY, UTAH



"WITHIN THE CONSIDERABLE IRE OF THE SEEP GOD," 
GRAND COUNTY, UTAH


"THE EYE OF THE SEEP GOD" 

GRAND COUNTY, UUTAH




 

Friday, June 26, 2015

ALASKA, The American Forever Frontier. (a gallery in progress 8 images)

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"TERMINUS OF THE ICE RIVER VII, 
JOHNS HOPKINS GLACIER, ALASKA



"REVOLT OF THE STONE BLUE PARTISANS," 
JOHNS-HOPKINS GLACIER, ALASKA



"FLANKING MANEUVER," 
COLLEGE FJORD, ALASKA



"ON THE MARGINS OF THE COLLEGE FJORD I," 
ALASKA



"IN A DREAM I SAW THE VOICES OF DYING GLACIERS RISE ABOVE THE JOHNS-HOPKINS STRAITS," 
ALASKA



"IN THE WAKE OF THE ICE RIVER"
COLLEGE FJORD, ALASKA





"CROSSING THE MONOLITH,"
MISTY FJORDS NATIONAL PARK, ALASKA





"IN THE TEETH OF THE LE CONTE ICE FIELD V," 
TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST



Monday, June 22, 2015

"AERIAL WEST," A Gallery of the Face and Depth of Time (4 images)

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“THE HIDDEN PASSION OF DESPARATE SPACES,” 
LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA 27.000 FT



"SPLIT MOUNTAIN AND THE STORM"
Uintah County, Utah



“DIAMOND SHOALS,” 
Lake Powell, Navajo County, Arizona



"EMPTY ROAD INTO THE FULLNESS 

OF CANYON TWILIGHT,"

Oxbow in the Shafer Canyonlands, Grand County, Utah



Wednesday, June 17, 2015

SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH Forever in Time and Space. A gallery in progress (8 images)

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"THE SHAFER RIM RISES," 
SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH



"THE LAW OF FLUID DYNAMICS 
PAUSES BRIEFLY 
TO SIGN ITS JOURNEYWORK," 
GRAND COUNTY, UTAH




"STILLWATER CANYON 
IN THE DISTANCE OF BIGHORN MESA," 
WHITE RIM ROAD, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH



"JUST A SECRET BETWEEN PHARAOHS I," 
WHITE RIM, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH


"THE DECAY OF OLD U238" 
SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH




 "ONE AFTERNOON, SUFFUSED 
WITH THE PROMISE OF RAIN, 
THE GRAND RIVERMASTER"S MANUSCRIPT 
WAS FOUND WITH RECENT EDIT MARKS," 
SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH



"EVEN THOUGH IT TOOK, LIKE FOREVER, 
FOR THE GREAT RHINO SLAVE GALLEY 
TO FINALLY BREAST THE HARBOUR, 
ITS FOSSIL OF A CAPTAIN KNEW 
HE WAS RIGHT ON GEOLOGIC TIME," 
SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH


"DEADHORSE IN YOUR POCKET"
DEADHORSE POINT, UTAH


This is one of my ardent attempts to squeeze a maximum experience of Deadhorse Point, one of the great vistas in the American West, into one panorama. 

I guess history will decide.

Until then, enjoy.

Monday, June 8, 2015

WAKING THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE, A gallery on progress (3 images)



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“SLICK MOVE III,”
 LA PLATA COUNTY,  COLORADO




"FORCE FORGE I" 
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE




"FORCE FORGE II" 
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE


Wednesday, June 3, 2015

THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII, A Catalogue of the World in the Middle of the Ocean (a gallery in progress 2 images)


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"BLACK SAND UNIVERSE." POLOLU, 
BIG ISLAND, HAWAII




"IN MOMENTS OF OCEANIC CLARITY," HAMAKUA COAST, 
BIG ISLAND, HAWAII


Friday, March 27, 2015

IN A DREAM OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN (A GALLERY IN PROGRESS FROM THE WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS, 7 IMAGES)

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"THE CARIBBEAN IN A DREAM OF LIQUID GOLD," 
LEEWARD CARIBBEAN




"THE GARDEN STAFF DOES ST. BARTS I," 
LEEWARD CARIBBEAN





"A PASSION OF WEATHER OVER ST. BARTHELEMY," 

LEEWARD CARIBBEAN





"LEAFOGASIM," DOMINICA, 
LEEWARD CARIBBEAN






"UP FROM THE GROUND, TURNING AROUND, 
BREAK OUT ANOTHER LEAF," 
DOMINICA, LEEWARD CARIBBEAN





"JUST A JOKE BETWEEN THE SODA BOTTLE 
DIAMOND FISHERS," 
DOMINICA, LEEWARD CARIBBEAN






"A COUPLE OF GOOD TALKING POINTS 
IN A WEST SHORE TWILIGHT," 
ST. LUCIA, WINDWARD CARIBBEAN