Chacaltaya Glacier

El Alto, Bolivia Melted 2009 I picked the glacier in Bolivia out of pure vicarious pleasure — my dearest lovely twin boys traveled there to 5000 metres above sea level to the place where the glacier had melted away to see the disused ski lift – they were sending back pictures for me to learn […]

Old Man of the Mountain

Franconia, New Hampshire, USA Collapsed 2003 For me the collapse of the Old Man of the Mountain represented a poignant intersection of historical and geologic time. The attempt to affix the human image to the landscape became in this case a demonstration of our impermanence as a species. Mark M. Here is an idea for […]