You can hold the sun in your hand. Really. Just pick a leaf in the fall. Once photosynthesis has shut down, the photons of the sun stay there for a short time, […]
Holding Light in Your Hand
Telling Stories through Photography
When I started these notes, I wanted to record explorations of a near-desert caught in the winds of the mountains far inland from the sea. The salmon, I thought, were the ones […]
Life is a Form of Water
The universe is consistent. When the solar system formed, light molecules, such as water, spun off to the outer edges, where they formed comets. A billion and a half years later, the […]
The Nature of Photography
A camera lens is a device for making images of light. It does not capture the light, as leaves can do. It does not do the other things that a human eye […]
Fall Colour
I’ve been looking at leaves, or, rather, I’ve been staring into the sun. Really. Take a look: To Travel to the Sun, Visit Your Nearest Pear Tree Forget NASA It wasn’t always […]
Soil Atmosphere and Eternity
Plants are creatures of light. They live in the air, eat light photons, and give off oxygen, yet strangely the dimmer the light they’re nibbling on the more efficient their photosynthesis becomes. […]
Wine and Light
Talking about wine today. Thinking about how the bacterial crust on the soil shows up in the wine. Thinking that it’s a story of light. So pick up a glass, sip that […]
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