PlacesUtah

Lines in Dry Earth

Aerial distance, desert markings, and the geometry of Moki Dugway, Utah seen from above.

Aerial view of dry earth with winding tracks and low vegetation

From above, the ground starts to look written on.

Tracks, washes, shrubs, and pale soil become marks in a larger sentence. The photograph is less about one subject than the evidence of movement across a place.

Distance can make land feel both abstract and deeply used.

Patterns in Alberta land teach a different kind of composition than portraits do, but the lesson carries over. Storytelling photography often depends on seeing how people, roads, weather, and marks on the ground all belong to the same frame.

View all Field Notes