A balancing act on the side of a cliff like I have seen on one of the images in the Cambo blog and at least one other image posted here :bugeyes: ... no need to worry about how much you say, it is all interesting and worthy of describing. We would like read more about your work, and I would like to know more of the emotions behind each image.
There is at least one story behind each picture besides the factual one. What draws you to the American West? How do you feel when you are on location? And how do you feel when you have made one of your wonderful images?
Fascinating!:thumbup:
A book please.
Thanks Dave!
For one thing I really like the American Southwest due to the harshness of the desert landscape, if you go of the beaten track you are on your own and responsible for your own life, nobody is around to save you. An accident like a broken leg, which in "The World" are pretty easily fixed, can mean death out in the backcountry. Also being all alone for a prolonged time have a significant impact on me. Both of these sharpens your senses, at least mine.
Another important thing to me is the history of the West, both the lives of the Native Americans before and after the arrival of the Europeans and they impact they had on everything. That's from the very early arrival of the Spaniards in the 1500's up to the present time. The hardships the early explores, mountain men, soldiers and immigrants endured and the hardships they brought down on the Natives which have a big and very sad influence up to this day.
I always travel alone when I'm out photographing for my projects. I like being alone with no one to break the state I'm in. It's makes me focus more intensely. In a way I'm in a quite different state of mind compared to being around other people. It's kind of a spiritual thing to me the same way as it is being alone out in the backcountry. Hope that makes sense....
Regarding after the fact if I think I really nailed the shot I'm looking for it's kind of a being high feeling. It drives me towards the next shot and gives me a kind or restless energy to move on.
A book (or more) would be great and I have plenty of ideas for it so it is in my thoughts, but first I need to finish some of the projects I'm working on and then raise money for the printing costs and getting a publisher. I self published a
book here in Denmark but without a distribution channel it is hard to get it out in the world and get the sales necessary to cover the cost.
Thanks again Dave!