“Looking back on this carefree summer, the inherent privilege of having the freedom and flexibility to travel freely, without fear, for months on end is more clear than ever amid COVID and the BLM Movement. I wish everyone could have an experience like this. Recognizing the inequality that surrounds us is only a start—we must come together to make these freedoms accessible to all.”
-- Words from the author, Brian Chorski
There’s an intimacy embedded in these photographs that I wasn’t able to create on my $3,000+ digital setup, but a slew of $5 point-and-shoot pieces of plastic somehow did the job.
The Mountain West has always had a gravitational pull on me. But I wasn’t close enough to it in San Francisco. So, during the summer of 2019 I packed up my life belongings—plus 10 rolls of Ektar—into a 2001 Buick sedan (with bright blue duct tape holding up the rear window) and went for a drive.
For the better part of this past summer I explored and enjoyed the splendors of this breathtaking region. And I think I slept in my hammock for 45 nights over the course of two months, but who’s really counting.