Trees and Wildlife …..
This series grows out of a long practice rather than a single beginning. Built on more than four decades of photographing people, places, and daily movement—on foot, on bicycles, and at ground level beside a small dog, (Judie the Pug)—it carries forward the habits of looking shaped by earlier work. What changes here is not intention, but distance. The attention once directed toward streets and human gesture is extended outward into trees, open space, and the quiet presence of wildlife.
Working with longer lenses introduces a different rhythm. Time stretches. Movement is anticipated rather than followed. The act of seeing becomes less about approach and more about waiting, alignment, and restraint.
Landscape lenses, macro studies, and moments of abstraction coexist within this body of work, each informing the others. Abstract images of a moth, a distant animal at the edge of a field, or the structure of branches against light are not separate concerns, but variations of the same attentive process.
This work remains open and ongoing. Each photograph is shaped by those that came before it, and each new series rests on earlier ways of seeing. As the collection grows, the intention remains simple: to stay present, to keep looking, and to allow understanding to emerge gradually through repetition and return.
Thank you for looking. If you’re inclined to share your thoughts, I’d be glad to hear from you. – Brian – 2026.01.18
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