First printed: 2014 The road is a central feature of my remote travels, both in terms of how I see the desert and how roads shape the physical existence of today’s desert communities. I may or may not have been driving at elevated speeds while capturing these infrared exposures, but not looking though a viewfinder introduces an element of chance to the proceedings, an appealing counterpoint to the controlled compositions I create from a tripod. Essential to this series are the longer shutter speeds that blur foreground elements, conveying a sense of forward movement that draws the viewer into the composition.

While clouds make regular appearances in my desert images, they can be hard to come by in the Mojave Desert. I chased this majestic formation across the landscape for over an hour, circling back to make repeated passes and dozens of exposures. In this particular frame, all the elements lined up in perfect choreography – the foreground cloud shadow punctuating the horizon line, motion blur at the edges with sharpness towards the center, a couple of rectangular road signs placed just so – nature, human endeavor, and happenstance all convening to perfect advantage.

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