Coastline Temper Size:40x60 and coal seams

and coal seams

and holding position

This image was made during that brief window when the foreground still held warmth and the depth of the canyon remained readable

now briefly framed by a sky that looked like it was burning

already feeling the pressure of how quickly it was changing

Coastline Temper Size:40x60 and coal seamsOregon Coast, Oregon This photograph was made at an iconic stretch of the Oregon coast after weeks of dense fog and overcast skies. I had come looking for color, for sunrise and sunset light that turns the land vivid and brief. Instead, day after day, the coast stayed closed in. No breaks. No warmth. Just heavy air and a restless sea. Eventually, frustration turned into acceptance, and then into curiosity. I stopped waiting for the conditions I wanted