Take a Look #2
Livingston, Montana
2016

It’s pretty telling from this photo that the art show was in Montana, and during a rodeo weekend to boot. I may be forgetting someone, but in all my years of doing shows in this part of the country I don’t believe I’ve ever sold anything to someone dressed as cowboy as this. Some of them like to stop and tell me stories triggered by my photos though.

Dat Way
Livingston, Montana
2016

Take a Look #1
Livingston, Montana
2016

Sometimes during art shows, although there may be a lot of looking going on, actual sales are few and far between. So I sometimes occupy myself by candidly photographing the lookers. I suppose I could be trying to give them the hard sell instead; but besides not being my style, it seems like a sure-fire way to chase people out of your booth.

Patriot’s Dream #47
Livingston, Montana
2016

I’m a little late posting this for Independence Day, but since I actually took the photo on July 2nd, I figure it pretty much averages out.

Lectio #66
Bozeman, Montana
2016

I’m in the middle of doing art shows this summer so don’t have as much free time as I’d like. As this shot suggests though, I still find time to relax, even if it’s a working relaxation. In this case I was sitting on the balcony catching up on LensWork’s latest issue while waiting for the neighborhood magpies to do something photo-worthy.

Ball of Fun
Bozeman, Montana
2016

I was photographing several ravens circling around in a fairly small volume of sky and decided to create a collage of multiple shots of the group to roughly illustrate the space they were occupying. I believe there were only three or four in the actual group of birds, so each appears several times.

Bear Gulch #5
Forest Grove, Montana
2016

Some of the homes of the many current residents of Bear Gulch.

Bear Gulch #4
Forest Grove, Montana
2016

The Vanishing Race (Bear Gulch #3)
Forest Grove, Montana
2016

Bear Gulch #2
Forest Grove, Montana
2016

One of the common motifs for pictographs at Bear Gulch is a warrior standing behind a shield with just their head visible and holding a weapon out to the side. This one was my favorite because, even though it was not intended to, it looks like a raven sitting on a branch or something similar. It’s also the one image I like in color (albeit a somewhat modified color). I kept the photo posted above in black and white to be consistent with the rest of the series, but here’s the color version:

Bear Gulch #2 (color version)
Forest Grove, Montana
2016