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The World Has Changed...

Fourteen years ago I stood on the edge of the abyss; widowed, broken and lost. I didn't own a cell phone and I'd never touched a computer. Fourteen years isn't all that long ago and yet my reality at the time is almost incomprehensible to me now. The world has changed.

Note to the the universe: I won't be left behind.  

This week I found myself saying, "This can't be real - it's not happening face to face so there's no way I can trust it." But it is real and something inside of me spoke gently and reminded me that the world has changed and if I don't step up and go with the flow then I'm just another desperado, clinging to what was instead of going with what is. The train is going to leave the station with or without me. I'd rather be on it than standing at the edge of the tracks wondering where everyone went.

I got Lola on the phone because Lola always knows. And as if stepping out of my thoughts she repeated them back to me without prompting: "You go with it or you become an old man." The cyber shift that has upended our planet in less than 20 years is as radical as the harnessing of electricity itself. Maybe more. 

 

Pantheon: The Utah Collection 2...

 

It's finally here!

Pantheon picks up where The Utah Collection left off but by and large has a heart of its own. My great affection for the people I photograph is perhaps more apparent than ever here; the darker and more personal explorations left for other books at other times. This is an unbridled expression of love and fascination for those who are willing to step out in front of my camera and dance. It's a celebration of those who take off their clothes and wade out into the water naked, fearless and free. And maybe more than anything else it's just a way of saying look; look how beautiful we all are when we step back into our bodies and make them our own. Preview the entire book online by clicking below.

New Photographic Work...

James Monet photographed at Horseshoe Springs in Skull Valley, Utah

 

Trace Sky photographed on his property in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

 

Adrian from "The Dancers"

 

 

 

 

 

Dances With Sage...

Dale Rowse photographed in Skull Valley, Utah

 

 

More pictures of Dale after the jump...

New Work...

After a long hiatus I'm back once again to share new imagery, new thoughts and relevant tidbits from the journey. So without further ado here are selections from my new work for the past few months. Beneath each picture is any relevant information about the shoot or the model. Enjoy!

Le Danseur

Wesley Spry from a new series using dance as the context.

 

Anna With Child

photographed at Horseshoe Springs in June of 2010

Anna & Chris

There are lots more new images after the jump.

The Spiral Jetty Sirens...

In April of 1970 Robert Smithson created the Spiral Jetty on the north shore of The Great Salt Lake in Utah. Three years later at the age of 35 he died in a plane crash in New Mexico while scouting a location for a new project. In honor of the Jetty's 40th anniversary and to honor Smithson I gathered together 13 of Utah's most beautiful women and photographed them on the Jetty during the last few hours of sunlight on Saturday May 8th, 2010

 

The Sirens are:

Becky Lewis Santti, Callie Van Voorhis Allen, Deb McMurtrie, Dianne Lewis, Erica Hauersley Beichner, Erica Salti, Heather Shepherd Gardner, Jen Roskelley, Melissa Menum Millward, Noelle Willard, Saydi Hornsby, Tracy Hyland Painter, Whitney Kramer

 

The song of the sirens rose above them and became one with the evening mist as it traveled swiftly out to sea; unsuspecting sailors to their watery graves tonight will go.

The full collection of images from the Spiral Jetty Sirens project can be seen at: Spiral Jetty Sirens
 

Ari & Chelsea...

Many of you will remember Ari from my previous work with him - he's also the back cover boy for The Utah Collection. We finally got together for some more shooting and this time included his fiance` Chelsea. What a delightful experience up high in the Uintas; they are so in love. This is a teaser, more to come later...

Matt & Josh - Buskers...

Busking is the practice of performing in public places for tips and gratuities. People engaging in this practice are called buskers. Meet Matt Knowles and Joshua Birch, amazing musicians who'll be playing the streets of Salt Lake City this summer...

I photographed Matt a few months ago at Horseshoe Spring and for this outing with Josh we went to the desert and to the salt flats. It was freezing cold but we got some very cool shots.

Matt is a guitarist and Josh a woodwind player. The guys are seriously talented musicians who met in music school and for the fun of it and a couple of coins taking their act to the streets this summer.

Listening to them singing American Pie out on the desert at sunset made me smile.

  
 
 

Russ at the Jericho Sand Dunes...

This is the third time Russ Johnson and I have worked together and each time it just gets better and better as he continues to change and grow as both a person and a working model. You've seen him before with a shaved head but here he is with his natural hair all grown in and blowing like crazy in the wind. Enjoy!

 

And the newest addition the the White Angora Blanket series.