Hello, I'm Brian. I go by "Earth Heritage Designs" in my photography endeavors. I'm an amateur photographer, an "enthusiast" amateur one might say. The "Earth Heritage" in my username emanates from a profound appreciation and love for Earth's natural bounty. I believe that cultural heritage is shaped by nature and our experience as part of nature. I try to express my views and values through the photography of human and natural landscapes and settings, botany and wildlife. I have had a lifelong connection to the vast and diverse regions of Latin America as well as the United States.

Although I started practicing photography with an "Instamatic-like" 126mm film camera and later 35mm film cameras, today I work with digital cameras. I used Pentax APSc (crop sensor), interchangeable-lens DSLR cameras for many years. I now use the 61mp full frame Sony A7RV (or technically the ILCE-7RM5) camera. I also have worked considerably with the post-processing of scanned 35mm slide and negative film and three-dimensional objects, most notably parts of plants.

Professionally I am retired from academia as a professor of Latin American Studies, Environmental and Sustainability Science and Geography and a manager/director in programs of Latin American Studies and Sustainability.

I hope that my photography is of interest to others.

Thanks for the more than 3.3 million views!

Best regards,

Brian