After taking thousands of photos and traveling throughout the United States, these twenty-five photos resonated with me the most from 2018-2019. Some capture beauty, while others remind me of stories from my journey. For example, I stumbled on to the little town of Ferndale in California. After enjoying a peach scone and a coffee at the local cafe, I found a map to the black sand beaches of California’s “lost coast”. The long slow drive over the coastal mountains brought me to a wide open view of the ocean – and cows. They surprised me. I surprised them. The photo captures our mutual interest. The beaches of black rock were stunning. At the conclusion of the drive, I ended up in a Redwood Forest of Humboldt State Park. I took hundreds of pictures – but I ended up cutting the best of the tree photos. Ironic I think.











