More Than a Rock

The Phase of No Emotion6

But I did not always know just what it was I wanted to photograph. I believe it is important for a photographer to discover this, for unless he finds what it is that excites him, what it is that calls forth at once an emotional response, he is unlikely to achieve his best work.

—Bill Brandt

After two weeks on the road, I am finally home. There is something about this place that I always love coming back to; something that goes beyond the veneer of the red rocks and the big cottonwood trees, a deeper sense, a feeling of home. The last few days have been among the most beautiful of the year, but I was still in “work mode” and needed to unwind. Today the winds picked up, temperatures dropped a bit, big clouds are moving ...