20/20
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Smith Rock State Park (smoke),Terrebonne, Oregon -
20/20 (notes on visibility)
The series bears witness to the effects of 2,027 raging wildfires that were burning in the west while doing fieldwork in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument in central Oregon. The title references sight, and more specifically, the ability to see–perfect vision, but the chronology of images produced on this trip reflects just the opposite. The air quality in the high desert was deemed the most hazardous in the world at that time, as similar conditions were playing out across the West, fueled by a mega-drought, high temperatures, and strong winds.
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Devil's Chain (rhyodacite flow), Cascade Lakes Highway, Oregon -
Devil's Chain (tree), Cascade Lakes Highway, Oregon -
Crooked River, Smith Rock State Park, Terrebonne, Oregon -
Smith Rock State Park (2027 fires),Terrebonne, Oregon -
Devil's Chain, Cascade Lakes Highway, Oregon -
Smith Rock (collapsed crater), Terrebonne, Oregon -
Crooked River, Smith Rock Sate Park, Terrebonne, Oregon -
Cascade Lakes Highway, Oregon -
Cascade Lakes Highway, Oregon -
Mt Bachelor (Cascade Volcanic Arc) Bend, Oregon -
Mt Bachelor, Bend, Oregon -
Post-burn, after the rain (1.1 million acres), Oregon -
Western Red Cedar (stump), Oswald West State Park, Oregon -
Understory, Oswald West State Park, Oregon -
Host, Oswald West State Park, Oregon -
Post-burn (fog), Neahkahnie Mountain,Oregon Coast -
Manzanita, Oregon