Parks and Monuments
The National Park Service directive to protect wilderness yet provide accessibility without somehow compromising the integrity of the natural resources can be a self-fulfilling contradiction and an arena for conflicting priorities.
These photographs document the human presence within the nation's natural wonders. They allude to human influence through the marks we make on public lands—whether temporary or permanent—and through the presence of visitors who appear in numerous shapes and sizes, experiencing and performing a variety of sightseeing activities. These shifting scenarios provide a photographic survey of the many roles that national parks, monuments, and landmarks play and the foundational need to balance the human impact on nature with the preservation of wild places.
PARK PLACE OUT WEST was recently published with work from this project.
Calcite Springs Overlook Yellowstone Nartional Park, Wyoming
Harmony Borax Works, Death Valley National Park, California 1
Newspaper Rock State Historical Monument, Near Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Dinosaur National Monument, Utah
Kilauea Caldera, Volcanoes National Park, Hawai'i
Devils Golf Course, Death Valley National Park, California
Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California
Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park, California
Artists Drive, Death Valley National Park, California
CA Highway 190, Death Valley National Park, California
Road to Dante's View, Death Valley National Park, California
Glacier Point Road, Yosemite National Park, California
Park Road, Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska
Father Crowley Overlook, Death Valley National Park, California
Little Hebe Crater, Death Valley National Park, California
La Sal Mountains Viewpoint, Arches National Park, Utah 1994
Near Callville Bay, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada
Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, California
Upper Falls of the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Paradise River, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Tawa Point, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
White River Valley Overlook, Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Courthouse from Park Avenue Viewpoint ,Arches National Park, Utah
SD Highway 244, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
WA Highway 504, Elk Rock Viewpoint Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington
Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California
SD Highway 87, Needles Eye Tunnel Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota
Abandoned Borax Mine, Death Valley National Park, California
UT Highway 24, Near Behunin Cabin Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming
South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Chinle Wash, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Park Ranger, Montezuma Well, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona
Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Picnic Area, White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
Lave Flow Campground, Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho
Texas Springs Walk-In Campground, Death Valley National Park, California
Near Johnston Ridge Observatory, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington
Remnants of a Victory Garden, Manzanar National Historic Site, California
Trail of the Cedars, Glacier National Park, Washington
West Unit, Saguaro National Park, Arizona
Picnic Area, Zion National Park, Utah
Artists Palette, Death Valley National Park, California
Path to Newspaper Rock, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Twenty Mule Team Canyon Road, Death Valley National Park, California
Tiponi Point, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona 1993
Mohave Point, South Rim Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona