Rustic Lens Photography

Rustic Lens Photography I explore the rural American west with my photography. Statement
I am drawn to empty and abandoned places. He was a farmer, but I am not.

Photographing buildings in ghost towns, landscapes with hidden remnants of the American Old West, and other rural locations, I find details that hint at previous lives and fragments of history. I am fascinated by the mystery of these people, who they were and the impact they had on their world. The absence of people from most of my work touches on the experience of human frailty and the brevity of

life, balanced with the beauty of nature and the powerful cycles of time. My ancestors were farmers and homesteaders in the south. Devastated by the Dust Bowl, they moved from Oklahoma to California in 1939. My father was the first generation to be born in California. The settled, family farm way of life is increasingly disappearing from the United States. My work may be rooted in my inclination to rediscover the world of my ancestors and share it with viewers in a time when many of us are losing connection to land, family, and history. I often focus on details, colors and textures that entice the viewer to experience the beauty I find in these empty, rural places. When exploring a new location or researching a ghost town, I often consider how in just a century a town can disappear and be almost entirely forgotten. But while these places are empty, they are not lonely. They are full of history, teeming with stories, and alive with nature reclaiming the imprints that human life has left on the land.

07/24/2021

I may have made her watch alot of Vice Grip Garage....

Here's a few drone shots I took on the Palouse Prairie.
12/09/2020

Here's a few drone shots I took on the Palouse Prairie.

A Fall-Time Sunrise near New Meadows, Idaho.
11/03/2020

A Fall-Time Sunrise near New Meadows, Idaho.

05/24/2020
Out taking pics with my photog buddy again. It's her birthday today and we had a mac and cheese picnic on the prairie. ...
05/22/2020

Out taking pics with my photog buddy again. It's her birthday today and we had a mac and cheese picnic on the prairie.

https://youtu.be/Pjj6ypld5UQ Camas Flowers and canola fields in front of Mt. Idaho on the Camas Prairie just outside o...
05/16/2020

https://youtu.be/Pjj6ypld5UQ Camas Flowers and canola fields in front of Mt. Idaho on the Camas Prairie just outside of Grangeville Idaho. Filmed with the DJI Mavic Pro.

Camas Flowers and canola fields in front of Mt. Idaho on the Camas Prairie just outside of Grangeville Idaho. Filmed with the DJI Mavic Pro.

Every year this pasture has these Camas flowers for a couple weeks in the spring. Every year I try to capture it well e...
05/14/2020

Every year this pasture has these Camas flowers for a couple weeks in the spring. Every year I try to capture it well enough to really show what it looks like in person. I got closer this year.

There are also canola fields on the left and in the background. I love spring.

Spring colors on the prairie. Camas flower in the foreground and the bright yellow canola in front of the fog covered ...
05/14/2020

Spring colors on the prairie. Camas flower in the foreground and the bright yellow canola in front of the fog covered mountains.

The Camas Prairie RR
04/19/2020

The Camas Prairie RR

04/08/2020

Well that's a fun app.

Here is my blog post about the atv trip to Hells Canyon.
06/07/2019

Here is my blog post about the atv trip to Hells Canyon.

Kirkwood Ranch is difficult to get to, but very worth the trip. Years ago, when I worked for Frito-Lay, I went on a company excursion on a jet boat up Hell’s Canyon from Lewiston Idaho. Along the way, we fished for sturgeon (giant prehistoric fish), saw the sites in North Americas’ deepest river...

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