Looking Up, Telluride Size:30x52 The foreground vehicle was photographed

The foreground vehicle was photographed earlier in the evening

creating a natural separation between illuminated sandstone and the darker interior

and the conditions that followed were just as compelling

not at a distant overlook

Looking Up, Telluride Size:30x52 The foreground vehicle was photographedTelluride, Colorado This photograph was made in Telluride during autumn, looking straight up into an aspen grove. The original plan for the trip was to photograph fall color paired with fresh mountain snow, the combination Telluride is known for. That snow never came. Rather than chase scenes that werent going to materialize, I shifted direction. I leaned into abstraction and proximity, letting the forest itself become the subject. Using an ultra wide