Western Union, Pioche, Nevada Other Realties seeking out structures and signage

seeking out structures and signage that struck me as uniquely whimsical or beautiful

creating new options for images that would be difficult or impossible to achieve on dry land

one single desert cactus - and combine multiple images to create organic and evocative shapes and colors

I seek out and photograph very simple natural shapes - in this case

They came about as a natural extension

Western Union, Pioche, Nevada Other Realties seeking out structures and signageThis picture is part of my new series called Western Realty. Ive driven tens of thousands of miles on back roads all over the western United States, seeking out structures and signage that struck me as uniquely whimsical or beautiful. Afterward, I spent hundreds of hours refining my original photographs to produce the finished images you see here.