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Location Scouting for Annie Leibovitz

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Location Scouting for Annie Leibovitz

a two-day photographic expedition in the Sonoran Desert

David Blakeman
Nov 20, 2022
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Refuge

I ran up a canyon
like a boy on Halloween
The sun slinked down my back
and my heart was full

I took a breath

ancient tempera
softening shadows
the moon draped the canyon walls
with pale bolts of flowing silk

living and living and living
feeling like a part of it

work and leisure
life and death
taking and contributing

as I packed up to leave
a lone bat screamed into the canyon
and fluttered into the darkness

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Alex Gerardo
Nov 23, 2022

Photos 6 and 7 honestly giving me chills

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Alex Gerardo
Nov 23, 2022

Beautiful pics, beautiful words, beautiful boi

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