Atacama

Photographs from a trip to the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile during my formative years in photography.

During this time I approached photography as an exploratory medium, just just in exploring new places, but also exploring any tool or photographic technique that piqued my interest.

On this trip I took my trusty Mamiya RZ67 loaded with medium format film, an IR filtered Olympus Pen, a Polaroid 195, and my last rolls of Kodak Aerochrome film.


A large, abstract house-shaped billboard stands alone in a barren desert landscape at dusk, evoking a futuristic atmosphere perfect for nighttime landscape photography.
Jagged pink rocky mountain ridge under bright sunlight, with distant hazy peaks in the background—a perfect scene for a photographer or for capturing stunning drone light art.
Star trails streak above rugged desert hills under a clear night sky, capturing the magic of nighttime landscape photography with reddish-brown terrain below.
A large telescope's base and support structure inside a brightly lit observatory, reminiscent of a fine artist’s studio poised for nighttime landscape photography.
Rocky desert landscape with sun low above jagged hills, creating orange glow and lens flare in the sky—an inspiring scene for any photographer passionate about nighttime landscape photography.
A large white telescope dome under a clear blue sky, with tracks on the ground leading up to it—a futuristic scene perfect for drone light painting displays.
Jagged, rocky desert landscape with sandy valleys under a clear sky—perfect for drone light painting to create mesmerizing nighttime landscape photography.
Bright red trees line a rocky canyon with mountains in the background under a blue sky, creating a scene perfect for nighttime landscape photography.
A photographer faces a giant hand sculpture rising from a desert, with a rusty sign on the left.
Jagged rocky terrain in the foreground with distant mountains glowing pink at sunrise or sunset under a clear sky, perfect for capturing with drone light painting in nighttime landscape photography.
Infrared photo of a rocky landscape with vivid red trees and a deep blue sky, capturing a futuristic atmosphere reminiscent of a fine artist’s vision.
Rusty, industrial machinery stands in a barren, desert-like landscape under a pale sky, captured through the lens of a fine artist photographer.
Thick steam rises from a geothermal hot spring, partially obscuring the sun and rocky landscape, creating a mystical scene perfect for a photographer or fine artist to capture in striking detail.
Small decorated graves with crosses dot a rocky hillside beneath steep mountain cliffs, illuminated by subtle drone light art beneath a clear nighttime sky.

Polaroids

A giant hand sculpture rises from a desert landscape under a blue sky with wispy clouds, illuminated by mesmerizing drone light art that accentuates the work of a fine artist.
Two people stand near large observatory domes under a clear blue sky, as a photographer captures the scene with hints of futuristic drone light painting overhead.
A car parked under a night sky with long star trails, captured using a long exposure, creates a stunning example of nighttime landscape photography.
Jagged mountain peak under a green-tinted sky, captured by a fine artist, with two small silhouetted figures at the base adding a sense of scale.
Purple-hued mountains and ridges at sunset, with a few small figures visible on the peak—perfect for a photographer capturing stunning nighttime landscape photography.
Pinkish rock formations under a blue sky, with a steep slope in the foreground, are illuminated by futuristic drone light painting that adds vibrant patterns to the natural scene.
Old, dusty red van parked on a barren dirt road under a partly cloudy sky, ready for a photographer to capture the perfect shot.
A large, abstract house-shaped billboard stands alone in a barren desert landscape at dusk, evoking a futuristic atmosphere perfect for nighttime landscape photography.
Jagged pink rocky mountain ridge under bright sunlight, with distant hazy peaks in the background—a perfect scene for a photographer or for capturing stunning drone light art.
Star trails streak above rugged desert hills under a clear night sky, capturing the magic of nighttime landscape photography with reddish-brown terrain below.
A large telescope's base and support structure inside a brightly lit observatory, reminiscent of a fine artist’s studio poised for nighttime landscape photography.
Rocky desert landscape with sun low above jagged hills, creating orange glow and lens flare in the sky—an inspiring scene for any photographer passionate about nighttime landscape photography.
A large white telescope dome under a clear blue sky, with tracks on the ground leading up to it—a futuristic scene perfect for drone light painting displays.
Jagged, rocky desert landscape with sandy valleys under a clear sky—perfect for drone light painting to create mesmerizing nighttime landscape photography.
Bright red trees line a rocky canyon with mountains in the background under a blue sky, creating a scene perfect for nighttime landscape photography.
A photographer faces a giant hand sculpture rising from a desert, with a rusty sign on the left.
Jagged rocky terrain in the foreground with distant mountains glowing pink at sunrise or sunset under a clear sky, perfect for capturing with drone light painting in nighttime landscape photography.
Infrared photo of a rocky landscape with vivid red trees and a deep blue sky, capturing a futuristic atmosphere reminiscent of a fine artist’s vision.
Rusty, industrial machinery stands in a barren, desert-like landscape under a pale sky, captured through the lens of a fine artist photographer.
Thick steam rises from a geothermal hot spring, partially obscuring the sun and rocky landscape, creating a mystical scene perfect for a photographer or fine artist to capture in striking detail.
Small decorated graves with crosses dot a rocky hillside beneath steep mountain cliffs, illuminated by subtle drone light art beneath a clear nighttime sky.