Images of the electric landscape. Neon signs and the unexpected beauty of imperfect, everyday scenes. Contact for prints and photobooks, electric@brytonslc.com.

Find a neon sign on a street corner in a city you’ve never been. Stand underneath it, listen for the electric hum. Look closely, glass tubes bent by expert hands. See the blackout tape that carves a single abstract twist into distinct letters. See the discolored patches where the phosphor has worn away. See the cracks and cobwebs, the patina on the metal box. If you’re lucky, there’s haze in the air letting the pastel light gently expand into the darkness. Wonder how many generations have passed underneath this sign.

Neon signs are beautiful, mysterious, haunted, welcoming: DINER, MOTEL, BAR,

COFFEE, THEATER, POOL. Martini glasses and ramen bowls. Palm trees and cactuses. Swooping shapes and flashing arrows. Blue swallows, pink elephants, diving ladies in aqua bathing suits. Beacons for when you’re hungry, thirsty, tired, and bored. You don’t have to be alone right now, in the dark and the cold.

These images span 2002–present, taken across the country in any place I happen to visit.

Professionally, I’m a copywriter/editor in Salt Lake City, Utah. I’ve been taking photos and making videos for over 25 years. In 2024, Salt Lake Magazine named me the best bar trivia host in Utah.