Telephone Pole Oatman AZ #1 Baby Onesie

Oatman is on old Route 66 in Arizona, NE of Needles, CA. This photo of a weathered old telegraph/telephone pole with the bright blue desert sky gives the feeling the time and place

Exploring human nature and the stories of our planet through photography. I began photographing in the early 1970's shooting mostly vacation and family. In the mid 1980's I started to approach photography as a creative art process rather than as simple documentation. As my interest in photography and skill level increased, I tend to shoot in easily accessible locations where thousands of other photographers have preceded me. My goal is to capture images that show a different take on well known subjects or to select subjects and perspectives in those locations not normally photographed in a way that tells a story about that place or the people who live there. During my development (no pun intended) as a photographer I have honed...