The Rillito Wash
(Work in progress)
The Rillito River is a broad desert wash that runs 22 miles east to west across the northern boundary of the City of Tucson. On either side there are parks, and I live near one of them – the Rio Vista Natural Resources Park – which informs visitors that it “is designed to fit both people and native wildlife.” Trails line both north and south bank.
The more I walk along the wash and on the riverbed itself, the more fascinated I become by this diverse ecosystem that constantly changes. Now I always take a camera or two on my late afternoon walks so as to share what one will find in this rural landscape on the edge of a city.
April
Thanks for all the visits from Quebec. I never though that this series could be so interesting up there.
Perseverance
May Many Come
Resilience
A Gift
Sometimes
Forever/Change
Memory
Under the Bridge
Ground Squirrels
Wide and Deep
After the Rains
The Beauty of Chaos
Transience
Growth
The Way Home
The Rillito Wash
Work in progress
I’ve been a wanderer all my life, growing up in the eastern United States, later living for long periods in California, Europe and Asia. I was always looking for new streets to walk on, more lessons to learn, new forms of beauty, conflict and peace.
The roads I went down were made of asphalt and metaphor, gateways to knowledge and doubt. I look back at it now, here in the desert of the American southwest, and I realize that I never had a destination; I was searching, not seeking. Observing people and places, I found uncertainty and persistence, the grace of daily life, the gifts of nature. The journey never ends. In these images I explore pathways, real or imagined, and the life around them.