Title: The March of Time
Edition: 1/1
Artist: Dan Hawk
License: Extended Editorial
Resolution: 4000X3429
I've been to very few places that I would call "Alien".
This is one of those places. Where nothing is the right texture, colors look kinda out of place, and things are ancient and in constant change simultaneously.
I made this image on my first evening in the Badlands of this area in Utah, watching as the changing light brought the last beams of day into a delicate dance. Light, stone and Ancient soil creating a harmony in color palette that I couldn't have dreamed up in my wildest imagination.
Title: Maybe It's Aliens
Edition: Open Edition
Artist: Dan Hawk
License: Extended Editorial
Resolution: 4000 x 2665
digital edition available here- Manifold
These wild textures are found in the Badlands of Southeastern Utah, in some of the most strange, arid places I've every experienced. While kinda abstract, this is an aerial image made with a DJI Drone,
If you look closely you can see trails and dirt roads weaving around the base of these structures.
Ultimately, they look alien, like something made outside of everything we know.
This image was made at dawn from Death Valley's iconic Zabriskie Point. We were blessed with truly epic conditions that morning including a raging dust storm that engulfed the entire playa near Furnace Creek. You can see the towering dust storms racing across the flat area of Badwater basin behind the rock formations.
This image is minted as a Digital Fine Art piece on the Foundation Platform. You can see it here- https://foundation.app/@Danhawk/danhawk/1
A Physical print is available here-
Oregon is famous for her waterfalls. It frankly makes visiting them anywhere else kinda underwhelming. This one is in the Eastern shadow of Mt Hood, buried deep in the Mt Hood Wilderness and these particular conditions require either ice spikes or snowshoes depending on what the weather's been doing.
This was a spike day for sure!
The 1/1 digital image is owned by @FrankieDTankie and is viewable on Foundation
Fine art Prints are available here
This is the moment when brilliant light arrives cutting through the night and ushering in morning. In this case, the Eureka dunes of Death Valley National Park provided the perfect spot to showcase this handoff in dramatic fashion. The wind in this remote area creates the perfect shapes to expose the moment the night ends.
It was my first time visiting this place with a camera and I was simply blown away by the immensity, simpleness, and beauty, I saw in every direction.
I've dreamt about this image, with it's extreme contrast, sharp lines, golden tone, and radiating ripples for probably 4 years. Living in Oregon, we do have dunes, but the scale is very different. The texture and color has a different vibe and the way they form creates very different shapes. I don't remember where I first saw my first dune shot from Death Valley, but I remember how it made me feel. And from that moment, I started planning a visit.
The digital image is owned by @mellamomatt and is viewable on Foundation
Fine art Prints are available here
Prints
I can only imagine how nature does what she does. Patterns like this are completely fascinating to me and I can get totally wrapped up thinking about how the wind, waves, composition of sand, and textures can create such perfect patterns. In this case, there's a decidedly scale-y look to it.
he Columbia River is a massive body of water dividing the landscape in the Pacific Northwest. This view is about a 20 minute drive from my front door and an awfully early start in the summer. Nonetheless, its worth it for views like this! You can just see Beacon Rock on the Washington side of the river off in the distance.
A digital 1/1 of this image is available on Foundation
Fine art Prints are available here Prints
I’ve always been drawn to the ocean. Although I grew up near it, and have spent plenty of time in and on the waves, I never get enough.
That said, this is not a day I would have wanted to be anywhere but on dry land.
I made this image on a visit after the Dry Creek Falls trail was reopened after 2017's Eagle Creek fire. It was a remarkable experience to walk up to this waterfall, set in a damp amphitheater fo moss and ferns, when everything surrounding it was burned and black. What a powerful story of resilience.
The St Johns Bridge is an iconic location here in Portland. I’ve photographed it in all sorts of weather, from many angles, and in all 4 seasons.
This particular evening, everything came together in a way which took me completely by surprise. It was also the last outing with one of my best photography friends Minhaz. He literally moved out of town the next day to pursue his career in medicine. He also happens to be the photographer in my Foundation Genesis piece- Boss Level Blue Hour.
This evening marked a change in our regular crew, but it also was the beginning of a summer that would see a massive shift in the types of clients I was working with and some big changes in my own personal style of shooting.
Every time I see this image it reminds me that though we are often moving in different directions through life, we’re also using the same paths and bridges to navigate similar- if not identical challenges.
Morning is by-far my favorite time of day. I miss dawn more often than I'd like, but to me there is not much better than first light on the ocean.
Made from 12 light frames (captured with a SONY camera) by Starry Landscape Stacker 1.6.1. Algorithm: Median
I’ve always been fascinated by the undulating patterns created by sand and wind. Whether it feels like satin, water, mercury, or something else, this beauty sort of begs to be seen as a metaphor for some larger truth. This scene in Death Valley covers probably a quarter mile and is compressed into this gorgeous ripple of form by the fact that it’s nearly a mile away.
The gorgeous color here was created by the unique conditions at first light.
This dramatic light, playing with the sand dunes reminded me of the curves of human form- completely captivated my eyes on this morning. The way light falls across the curves and waves in this dune remind me that this place exists in its own reality, oblivious to the forces at work in our man-made world. It’s up to us to respect and honor it.
There’s nothing quite like the reflection of Morning light on a glassy body of water. I found this beautiful pattern on the edge of a giant depression that fills at high tides and then drains super slowly, allowing the strong Oregon Winds to work their magic, creating patterns that resemble topographic relief maps.
The trail and Bridge at the foot of Latourelle Falls, taken with the Sony A7rii and Sony GM 24-70mm f/2.8
Panther Creek, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WA
While out exploring on the beach in May a couple years ago we found some mini dunes with all kinds of crazy forms, ripples, curves and edges. I spent an awful lot of time there working out the edges and pointing my camera at these tiny landscapes.
Title: The March of Time
Edition: 1/1
Artist: Dan Hawk
License: Extended Editorial
Resolution: 4000X3429
I've been to very few places that I would call "Alien".
This is one of those places. Where nothing is the right texture, colors look kinda out of place, and things are ancient and in constant change simultaneously.
I made this image on my first evening in the Badlands of this area in Utah, watching as the changing light brought the last beams of day into a delicate dance. Light, stone and Ancient soil creating a harmony in color palette that I couldn't have dreamed up in my wildest imagination.
Title: Maybe It's Aliens
Edition: Open Edition
Artist: Dan Hawk
License: Extended Editorial
Resolution: 4000 x 2665
digital edition available here- Manifold
These wild textures are found in the Badlands of Southeastern Utah, in some of the most strange, arid places I've every experienced. While kinda abstract, this is an aerial image made with a DJI Drone,
If you look closely you can see trails and dirt roads weaving around the base of these structures.
Ultimately, they look alien, like something made outside of everything we know.
This image was made at dawn from Death Valley's iconic Zabriskie Point. We were blessed with truly epic conditions that morning including a raging dust storm that engulfed the entire playa near Furnace Creek. You can see the towering dust storms racing across the flat area of Badwater basin behind the rock formations.
This image is minted as a Digital Fine Art piece on the Foundation Platform. You can see it here- https://foundation.app/@Danhawk/danhawk/1
A Physical print is available here-
Oregon is famous for her waterfalls. It frankly makes visiting them anywhere else kinda underwhelming. This one is in the Eastern shadow of Mt Hood, buried deep in the Mt Hood Wilderness and these particular conditions require either ice spikes or snowshoes depending on what the weather's been doing.
This was a spike day for sure!
The 1/1 digital image is owned by @FrankieDTankie and is viewable on Foundation
Fine art Prints are available here
This is the moment when brilliant light arrives cutting through the night and ushering in morning. In this case, the Eureka dunes of Death Valley National Park provided the perfect spot to showcase this handoff in dramatic fashion. The wind in this remote area creates the perfect shapes to expose the moment the night ends.
It was my first time visiting this place with a camera and I was simply blown away by the immensity, simpleness, and beauty, I saw in every direction.
I've dreamt about this image, with it's extreme contrast, sharp lines, golden tone, and radiating ripples for probably 4 years. Living in Oregon, we do have dunes, but the scale is very different. The texture and color has a different vibe and the way they form creates very different shapes. I don't remember where I first saw my first dune shot from Death Valley, but I remember how it made me feel. And from that moment, I started planning a visit.
The digital image is owned by @mellamomatt and is viewable on Foundation
Fine art Prints are available here
Prints
I can only imagine how nature does what she does. Patterns like this are completely fascinating to me and I can get totally wrapped up thinking about how the wind, waves, composition of sand, and textures can create such perfect patterns. In this case, there's a decidedly scale-y look to it.
he Columbia River is a massive body of water dividing the landscape in the Pacific Northwest. This view is about a 20 minute drive from my front door and an awfully early start in the summer. Nonetheless, its worth it for views like this! You can just see Beacon Rock on the Washington side of the river off in the distance.
A digital 1/1 of this image is available on Foundation
Fine art Prints are available here Prints
I’ve always been drawn to the ocean. Although I grew up near it, and have spent plenty of time in and on the waves, I never get enough.
That said, this is not a day I would have wanted to be anywhere but on dry land.
I made this image on a visit after the Dry Creek Falls trail was reopened after 2017's Eagle Creek fire. It was a remarkable experience to walk up to this waterfall, set in a damp amphitheater fo moss and ferns, when everything surrounding it was burned and black. What a powerful story of resilience.
The St Johns Bridge is an iconic location here in Portland. I’ve photographed it in all sorts of weather, from many angles, and in all 4 seasons.
This particular evening, everything came together in a way which took me completely by surprise. It was also the last outing with one of my best photography friends Minhaz. He literally moved out of town the next day to pursue his career in medicine. He also happens to be the photographer in my Foundation Genesis piece- Boss Level Blue Hour.
This evening marked a change in our regular crew, but it also was the beginning of a summer that would see a massive shift in the types of clients I was working with and some big changes in my own personal style of shooting.
Every time I see this image it reminds me that though we are often moving in different directions through life, we’re also using the same paths and bridges to navigate similar- if not identical challenges.
Morning is by-far my favorite time of day. I miss dawn more often than I'd like, but to me there is not much better than first light on the ocean.
Made from 12 light frames (captured with a SONY camera) by Starry Landscape Stacker 1.6.1. Algorithm: Median
I’ve always been fascinated by the undulating patterns created by sand and wind. Whether it feels like satin, water, mercury, or something else, this beauty sort of begs to be seen as a metaphor for some larger truth. This scene in Death Valley covers probably a quarter mile and is compressed into this gorgeous ripple of form by the fact that it’s nearly a mile away.
The gorgeous color here was created by the unique conditions at first light.
This dramatic light, playing with the sand dunes reminded me of the curves of human form- completely captivated my eyes on this morning. The way light falls across the curves and waves in this dune remind me that this place exists in its own reality, oblivious to the forces at work in our man-made world. It’s up to us to respect and honor it.
There’s nothing quite like the reflection of Morning light on a glassy body of water. I found this beautiful pattern on the edge of a giant depression that fills at high tides and then drains super slowly, allowing the strong Oregon Winds to work their magic, creating patterns that resemble topographic relief maps.
The trail and Bridge at the foot of Latourelle Falls, taken with the Sony A7rii and Sony GM 24-70mm f/2.8
Panther Creek, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WA
While out exploring on the beach in May a couple years ago we found some mini dunes with all kinds of crazy forms, ripples, curves and edges. I spent an awful lot of time there working out the edges and pointing my camera at these tiny landscapes.