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Treasured Lands

The fifty-eight US National Parks in focus

  Growing up in France, my previous wilderness experiences were limited to the icy peaks of the Alps. After arriving in America, I was immediately drawn to the extraordinary natural diversity offered by the US National Parks. I felt privileged to be able to experience such accessible yet untouched areas, filled with beauty and chaotic order. I felt the spiritual need to share the sense of wonder and passion inspired by those lands, as I did when I picked up the camera earlier to share the experience of mountaineering with others.

The viewers must recognize that those unique areas are truly treasures to be preserved and protected for future generations. Although they would observe these natural wonders through my own celebratory perspective, they should realize that there is, for the most part, nothing they could not experience for themselves if they keep on looking. On a more abstract level, I was interested in the individual character of each place, how each one represents a set of unique ecosystems, yet collectively, all are interrelated, interconnected like a giant jigsaw puzzle. To perform that comparative studies, I spent the past fifteen years photographing each of the 58 National Parks with typological depth, returning at different seasons, traveling far into the backcountry.

I found the perfect tool in the 5x7 large format camera. Its unparalleled descriptive power and the deliberate mind it requires helped me communicate how the land reveals itself to a viewer in a state of heightened awareness. The visually complex, widely encompassing yet detail-laden images invite us to have a closer look, allow us to stand before the landscape, as if we were there ourselves, entering through different doors, exploring different rooms of a dear home that really matters to us all.

Exhibit press release · Pictures of the Exhibit and Reception

Otter Point, Acadia National Park, Maine. ( ) Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah. ( ) Cedar Pass, Badlands National Park, South Dakota. ( ) South Rim, Big Bend National Park, Texas. ( ) Elliott Key, Biscayne National Park, Florida. ( ) Narrows, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado. ( ) Sunset Point, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. ( ) Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. ( ) Grand View Point, Canyonlands National Park, Utah. ( ) Cathedral Valley, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah. ( ) Inspiration Point, Channel Islands National Park, California. ( ) Congaree National Park, South Carolina. ( ) Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. ( ) Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio. ( ) Wonder Lake, Denali National Park, Alaska. ( ) Mesquite Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California. ( ) Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida. ( ) Everglades National Park, Florida. ( ) The Maidens, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska. ( ) McDonald Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana. ( ) Muir inlet, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. ( ) Mt Washington, Great Basin National Park, Nevada. ( ) Cape Royal, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. ( ) Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado. ( ) Middle Prong of the Little River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. ( ) Schwabacher landing, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. ( ) Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas. ( ) Oho o Stream, Haleakala National Park, Hawaii. ( ) Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. ( ) Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. ( ) Windego, Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. ( ) Cholla cactus garden, Joshua Tree National Park, California. ( ) Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Katmai National Park, Alaska. ( ) Exit Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska. ( ) Grant Grove, Kings Canyon National Park, California. ( ) Great Sand Dunes, Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska. ( ) Turquoise Lake, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska. ( ) Cinder cone, Lassen Volcanic National Park, California. ( ) Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. ( ) Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. ( ) Reflection Lake, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. ( ) Cascade Pass, North Cascades National Park, Washington. ( ) Tutuila Island, National Park of American Samoa. ( ) Second Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington. ( ) Blue Mesa, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. ( ) Del Norte, Redwood National Park, California. ( ) Glacier Basin, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. ( ) Saguaro National Park, Arizona. ( ) Alabama Hills, Sequoia National Park, California. ( ) Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. ( ) North Unit, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota. ( ) Trunk Bay, Virgin Islands National Park, US Virgin Islands. ( ) Kabetogama Lake, Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota. ( ) Bison Flats, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota. ( ) Wrangell-St Elias National Park, Alaska. ( ) Great Prismatic Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. ( ) Yosemite National Park, California. ( ) North Creek, Zion National Park, Utah. ( )

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