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Winding through the mountains here at over 9,000 ft., White Mountain Road flows through vast tracks of scrub tinted yellowish-green from this summer's rains. Several slow miles on as the elevation eventually reaches 11,500+ ft., the ancient bristlecone pines begin to reveal their homes.

As a kid I was fascinated with photographs. Look, Life magazine. National Geographic. That well-captured interplay of light and shadow...the notion of people, places and moments - all suspended in time. My first "real" camera was a Minolta Srt101. I was seduced. As a teenager, I learned how to develop film while working at Wyle Laboratories in El Segundo, and I still recall the smell of the developer...my eyes adjusting to the red filter light...and the sheer magic and delight of watching images begin to emerge. Life, family and a career as a teacher and psychologist intervened, not to mention a few more film cameras. Eventually, there was digital. Hah! Liberation! Photography is the creative medium that allows me to share...