Late Sun on the Rio Grande Size:30x45 and no shortcuts

and no shortcuts

This is the kind of place where the scene doesn’t demand attention

but the land carries memory

and unmistakable against the horizon

The effort is substantial

Late Sun on the Rio Grande Size:30x45 and no shortcutsMesa de Anguila, Big Bend National Park, Texas This photograph was made on the rim of Mesa de Anguila later in the day, overlooking a winding section of the Rio Grande below. The vantage point sits high above the canyon floor, fully exposed and distant from the more traveled areas of the park. I worked close to a single prickly pear growing at the edge of the rim, using it as a foreground anchor against the depth of the canyon. From this position, the