FACES OF VIET NAM

The Montegard people of North Vietnam live with in their own culture groups and speak their own language. They integrate into the population minimally. These tribes were pushed out of southern China 200-300 years ago. Similar tribes in the Central Highlands help American troops during the Vietnamese war. They paid a dear price for that help. The people are very shy and reticent. It was only with the help of a dear friend, Son Nguyen, that I was able to photograph them. I consider it a great privilege.

MONTEGARD WOMAN & BABY 5, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD WOMAN & BABY 5, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD WOMAN, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD WOMAN, VIET NAM

EVIL EYE, VIET NAM

EVIL EYE, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD GIRL 9, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD GIRL 9, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD GIRL 8, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD GIRL 8, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD KIDS 2, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD KIDS 2, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD GRANDMA, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD GRANDMA, VIET NAM

MONTRGARD GIRL 7, VIET NAM

MONTRGARD GIRL 7, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD KIDS, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD KIDS, VIET NAM

MONTREGARD WOMAN 2, VIET NAM

MONTREGARD WOMAN 2, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD WOMAN 3, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD WOMAN 3, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD GIRL 3, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD GIRL 3, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD WOMAN 5, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD WOMAN 5, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD WOMAN & BABY 4, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD WOMAN & BABY 4, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD WOMAN & BABY 2, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD WOMAN & BABY 2, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD GIRL 4, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD GIRL 4, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD GIRL 5, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD GIRL 5, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD WOMEN, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD WOMEN, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD GIRL 1,VIET NAM

MONTEGARD GIRL 1,VIET NAM

MONTEGARD WOMAN & CHILD

MONTEGARD WOMAN & CHILD

MONTEGARD WOMAN 6, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD WOMAN 6, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD WOMAN 7, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD WOMAN 7, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD KIDS 3, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD KIDS 3, VIET NAM

12CW3122 copy

MONTEGARD GIRL 5, VIET NAM

MONTEGARD GIRL 5, VIET NAM



     

 

                                                                                                    
                                                                                       

 

          

 

       
                                                                                                           

ALASKA

 There is just one word to describe Alaska—BIG. I could not believe the scope and the scale of the landscape. We spent the first week on a small boat(60 passengers) in the Inward Passage. Great scenery and hiking on Wilderness Discovery by Un-Cruise Adventures. Then driving out of Anchorage and finally 3 days at North Face Lodge, the only lodges inside the park. One hundred and eight miles in a bus on a dirt road gets you the where this first images was taken and a mile or two before the lodge. The mountain was shrouded in clouds for the first two days and finally came out the last evening in order to capture my favorite image of the trip.


 DENALI(MT. McKINLEY) FROM WONDER LAKE


                                                          ALASKA RANGE


                                                          DENALI SUMMIT

                                                   RUTH GLACIER

DENALI PANORAMA, ALASKA

                                                                          

                                                                    DENALI PANORAMA


                                                                      ALASKA GRASSES                                                                         

                                                                                  ALASKA RANGE

                                                           FALL FOLIAGE

INWARD PASSAGE, ALASKA

                                                             INWARD PASSAGE

                                                                   SHEEP MOUNTAIN

                                                                      DENALI SUNSET

 

ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

English gothic cathedrals are to me not unlike the slot canyons of the desert southwest of the United States. This project, which extended over a number of years, was inspired by an important photographic mentor, Bruce Barnbaum.  Awe inspiring and monumental, the cathedrals represent an amazing tribute to the persistence and tenacity of the human spirit.

LACOCK CLOISTER, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

LACOCK CLOISTER, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

WELLS NAVE, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

WELLS NAVE, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

WELLS STAIRS 3, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

WELLS STAIRS 3, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

FOUNTAIN ABBEY, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

FOUNTAIN ABBEY, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

GLOUSCESTER CLOISTER, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

GLOUSCESTER CLOISTER, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

WELLS CIELING, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

WELLS CIELING, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

LACOCK ABBEY HALL

LACOCK ABBEY HALL

LACOCK ABBEY ENTRANCE

LACOCK ABBEY ENTRANCE

KINGS COLLEGE ORGAN, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

KINGS COLLEGE ORGAN, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

BECKETT DOOR, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

BECKETT DOOR, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

WELLS NAVE, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

WELLS NAVE, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

WELLS TRANSCEPT, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

WELLS TRANSCEPT, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

WELLS RETROCHOIR, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

WELLS RETROCHOIR, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

LACOCK ABBEY SACRISTY, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

LACOCK ABBEY SACRISTY, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

QUIN STAIRS, IRELAND

QUIN STAIRS, IRELAND

LINCOLN NAVE, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

LINCOLN NAVE, ENGLISH CATHEDRALS

 

MENDOCINO COAST-NEW

I can’t believe it took me this long to visit this amazing coastline.

1476 VIV 2-2 11x14

                                                           OCEAN COVE

1170,1183 VIV copy

                                            JUG HANDLE COVE EVENING

1170,1183 TP copy

                                                   JUG HANDLE CREEK

0949 TP copy

                                                     JUG HANDLE ROCKS

BODEGA BAY, MENDOCINO

BODEGA BAY, MENDOCINO




                                                       BODEGA BAY1033 TP 2 copy
                                                 JUG HANDLE COVE

0964 EFEX copy
                                                 MENDOCINO COAST

0921 TP copy
                                    MENDOCINO COAST ROCKS

DUNES

08-03 DEATH VALLEY

Dunes fascinate me and they always have. They are the quintessential subject matter for a black and white photographer. Death Valley California is the logical starting place. But there’re also great dunes in Oceana California and Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. They are an unending myriad of form and texture. Like snowflakes, no two are alike.

DUNE FACE, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE FACE, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE DIAGONAL, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE DIAGONAL, DEATH VALLEY

GREAT SAND DUNES, COLO.

GREAT SAND DUNES, COLO.

DUNE 22, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 22, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 13, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 13, DEATH VALLEY

DUNES 9, DEATH VALLEY

DUNES 9, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 22, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 22, DEATH VALLEY

DUNES 7, DEATH VALLEY

DUNES 7, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 20, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 20, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE TRACKS, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE TRACKS, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 16, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 16, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 12, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 12, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 6, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 6, DEATH VALLEY

DUNES 1, DEATH VALLEY

DUNES 1, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 11, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 11, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 21, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 21, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 7, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 7, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 3, DEATH VALLEY

DUNE 3, DEATH VALLEY

DUNES 8, DEATH VALLEY

DUNES 8, DEATH VALLEY

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