My love for the North American natural landscape and weathered, time-worn structures and artifacts goes back as far as I can recall. As a girl I loved to draw and to photograph old sheds and barns, overgrown wild fields with gnarled old trees, and horses. Having grown up in what felt like concrete-encased neighborhoods, I was always looking for the wild places. Happily I grew up when there were still wild hills and open farmland surrounding the urban valley I lived in. Those loves remain with me and I have always preferred photographing landscapes, wild places, and rural...more
