Photo by Carley du Menil
December 25, 2021 - Cochran County, Texas
All was well on Christmas Night of 2021
August 16. 2020 - Turkey, Texas
Photographed after a particularly tense Panhandle storm (see the second unedited image for an idea of what that looks like) this boundary remains resilient against the West Texas wind.
April 21, 2016 - Monahans Sandhills State Park
Photographed with a Fujifilm X-T1 and the XF 55-200mm lens during a Shane Smith And The Saints band photoshoot!
July 18, 2021 - The monsoon rains bring dramatic skies over the eastern district of Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona
May 23, 2019 - A cotton farmer in Ropesville, TX works against the elements to plant his fields on time. Cotton must be planted before a certain date in order to qualify for crop insurance, and these dates often coincide with tornado season.
March 8, 2016 - I intercepted this storm while driving to Alpine from San Antonio on US Highway 90. It spit hail all over the road and was reported to have sprouted a tornado, but I didn’t see it. The weather down in that part of the state is anecdotal, at best.
August 13, 2020 - A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky over Caprock Canyons State Park in Quitaque, Texas
October 24, 2019 - The first snow of the year captures the autofocus of my Fujifilm X-T1 and throws a bison out of focus at Caprock Canyons State Park in Quitaque, Texas
December 13, 2020 - Quitaque, Texas
I spent one year as an artist in residence at the Hotel Turkey in the Texas panhandle. This put me within fifteen minutes of Caprock Canyons State Park, which I studied fervently with my cameras during this time. I never missed an opportunity to visit the park during inclement weather, which lends another layer of interest to the cinematic landscape of the canyons. Here is a digital manipulation of a photograph I shot during a winter storm at the park of a bison cow and her calf.
Photo by Carley du Menil
March 29, 2015 - Balmorhea, Texas
The Calera Chapel greets saints and sinners from all over the world, welcoming them to the unforgiving West Texas desert - a place where the redeemed degenerate, and where the degenerate are redeemed.