Soulless Rocks is a tongue-in-cheek reference to a discussion I had with another photographer about the merits of Ansel Adam's work. This gentlemen, whose work I greatly admire, commented that he didn't understand why anyone would want to photograph something that didn't have a soul! To him, photography is all about capturing the essence of people's souls, and he does a wonderful job of it.
So rocks and mountains don't have souls, but I certainly believe they have incredible stories to tell. Since moving out West, I have become obsessed with photographing geological formations while pondering the forces that took place to create such magnificence.
"The act of faith consisted in believing that the visible contained hidden secrets, that to study the visible was to learn something more than could be seen in a glance." - John Berger
Cave Rock
Aliso and Woods Canyon
Orange County, California
"The act of faith consisted in believing that the visible contained hidden secrets, that to study the visible was to learn something more than could be seen in a glance." - John Berger
Cave Rock
Aliso and Woods Canyon
Orange County, California
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