Rooted in Stone
Rooted in Stone. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.
A mature tree growing in cracks in a fractured Yosemite cliff.
Even as I work on new photographs, I constantly return to old files to see what I might have missed — and there is always something to discover. When I look back at photographs long after I first mad them it seems like I can see them for what they are more than for what I expected them to be. As evidence of this, often I don’t recall the specific circumstances of making the photograph… and sometimes I don’t remember making it at all.
I know I made this on a very quick swing through Yosemite Valley as we returned from a few days spent in Oakhurst for a gallery show opening. At this point, the specific details of visits to Yosemite Valley being to blur together, since I’ve been visiting the place since I was about five years old. How many times total? Scores? Hundreds? I can’t say. But I’m still amazed that trees like this one can grow in such unlikely places.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
Rooted in Stone
Rooted in Stone. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.
A mature tree growing in cracks in a fractured Yosemite cliff.
Even as I work on new photographs, I constantly return to old files to see what I might have missed — and there is always something to discover. When I look back at photographs long after I first mad them it seems like I can see them for what they are more than for what I expected them to be. As evidence of this, often I don’t recall the specific circumstances of making the photograph… and sometimes I don’t remember making it at all.
I know I made this on a very quick swing through Yosemite Valley as we returned from a few days spent in Oakhurst for a gallery show opening. At this point, the specific details of visits to Yosemite Valley being to blur together, since I’ve been visiting the place since I was about five years old. How many times total? Scores? Hundreds? I can’t say. But I’m still amazed that trees like this one can grow in such unlikely places.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.