If you’ve never wandered The Plaza in Santa Fe on a winter’s night, you’re missing quite the experience. Continue reading
Month: April 2012
Tulip Leaves, Adams County
PlainSky, Nebraskans: Carhenge, Alliance
PlainSky, Nebraskans: Sumac, Hall County
Fall is a wonderful time in Nebraska: No, I’m not waxing poetically about Husker football, but about the fall colors. Autumn is dry here, chilly and clear, while the colors are vivid and the harvest dust luminescent; roadsides offer their own version of micro-scenery, as if the plants themselves are trying valiantly to contribute something to the already vibrant hues of the season.
Hostas, Adams County
Ansel Adams was a staunch promoter of the axiom, “Expose for the shadows, print for the highlights.”
PlainSky, Nebraskans: Stars, Davis Creek Reservoir
I’ve been asked on many occasions how remote Nebraska must be: no towns; no people; and no light. Continue reading
PlainSky, Nebraskans: Carhenge Detail, Alliance
Ah, the running joke of life in Nebraska: You’ve been to the Stonehenge of North America, right? Continue reading
PlainSky, Nebraskans: Cemetery Angel, Whitman
In Whitman, Nebraska, a lonely cemetery sits atop a hill overlooking town and the vast, rolling expanse of the treeless Sand Hills.
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PlainSky, Nebraskans Master Image 1: High Plains Train, Grant County
My next solo exhibition, “PlainSky, Nebraskans,” opens at the Minden Opera House Gallery on April 16, 2013, and will feature three 40-inch-wide panoramic images indicative of both the project as a whole, and the essence of western Nebraska. The above image, “High Plains Train, Grant County,” is one of them (I think). Continue reading
PlainSky, Nebraskans: Spaying Cattle, Sioux County
Ranching is a lifestyle of few vacations. Cattle don’t understand that you can’t feed them for a few days, or that their need for water will just have to wait; for the rancher, that means a life tied to the lives of his stock. On Ray Semroska’s ranch, that has been a family inheritance for more than 100 years, and one that plays out in this image of a cold January spaying of 400 heifers, evidenced most clearly by the cloud of steam from the pictured cow’s mouth.