Twelve photographs

Work

Behavior before spectacle. Weather before scenery. Animals allowed to remain wild.

A tightly edited first season across Montana’s Yellowstone corridor. Select a photograph to view it larger.

Bison move through sunrise-lit dust while one animal rolls with its hooves raised. — The Wallow
August 1, 7:21am. Sunrise turns dust into a medium the animals move through.

A dark duck stands on a wet rock surrounded by glittering whitewater and flying droplets. — Against the Current
One still body inside a river moving in every direction.

Black-and-white close view of a bison eye surrounded by dense fur. — The Eye
July 30. Every lash resolved, a horizon reflected in the wet cornea.

A bison rolls on its back in dust with three hooves raised into warm evening light. — Upended
For a few seconds, two thousand pounds becomes all gesture.

A bison grazes close to the camera while a herd spreads across a valley beneath a dark storm shelf. — Storm Grazing
The herd keeps feeding beneath a lowering shelf of weather.

Two ravens overlap in dark silhouette on a pine branch against blue sky. — Raven Pair
Two profiles held inside one silhouette.

Three cow elk stand in a meadow beneath pink evening light and cool blue ridges. — Last Light, Three Cows
Paradise Valley, July 26. Three bodies hold the final band of color.

Two ground squirrels sit at a burrow entrance outlined by warm backlight. — Sentries
Slough Creek, July 26. Backlit until the whiskers burn white.

Black-and-white landscape of a lone bison crossing a river below burned trees and layered hills. — Lamar Crossing
A lone bison takes the braided river at its own pace.

An osprey banks overhead with talons lowered and patterned wings spread against clear blue sky. — Overhead
Feathers, eye and intent held for one pass.

A fritillary butterfly and several small skippers crowd purple thistle blooms against green. — Pollinators
A thistle becomes shared ground—one arrival still airborne.

A wet bison shakes its head and throws a veil of sunlit water across a green meadow. — Rinse
Water leaves the hide in a fine arc of summer light.