Size: 7.5” x 7.5” on 8.5” x 11” JonCone Studio Type 5 Paper

Signed & stamped in verso

I’ve spent a lot of miles photographing and hiking in backcountry wilderness, often alone, and only a few times have I been in slightly uncomfortable situations where the outcome might be a cold night, or no food, or an extra day hiking out. I have not yet had a moment of being truly lost or in real danger. I wonder how my brain would respond if something went severely wrong. I think we all secretly wonder what parts of us exist behind locked doors that only open during such times.

Looking east to the Minaret Mountains along the eastern edge of the High Sierra I had scrambled over miles of trail-less granite scree and stood in solitude. We come to these high places to find something lost in the life below. And if you’re not wiling to let go a little, don’t come.

Location: Ansel Adams Wilderness, Sierras

Technical Info: Hasselblad, Kodak T-Max 100 BW film, Zeiss 50mm, developed in Kodak X-tol 1:1