7/4/09 Ohio to California: Utah Salt Flats
On the way to California we slept in the car on a back road near the flats. Made it to Bonneville Speedway for sun-up. Most beautiful place in America if you ask me. But that’s because it’s where I fell in love for the first time, some 9 years ago. I was 17 and we kissed in the back of her sister’s car as we drove through Nevada. Stood in dusk on the Utah salt, glowing with summer heat. I took your picture for the first time. It was true love, as far as I could tell.
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1/29/09 First Camera: First Road Trip
I bought a book on photography right before we drove to Salt Lake City. I had just finished High School, and my Mother had given me my first camera as a graduation gift. The arid, solitary landscapes of Nevada and Utah, combined with my first true act of freedom have left an indelible impression on me. I fell in love with taking pictures during that experience, and I knew I wanted to be a photographer after it. I had months before signed up for the military, so by the end of the summer, a week after turning 18 and receiving my drivers license in the mail, I was in bootcamp. I rarely used that camera for another 4 years.
This entry was written by , posted on January 30, 2009 at 1:48 am, filed under Personal, Travels and tagged Bull, Nevada, SLC, Utah. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.