The Shape of Stillness

At first glance, Death Valley seems defined by absence—no water, no color, no life. But within that silence I found presence. The desert is a paradox: vast and barren yet deeply intimate. The Shape of Stillness is a meditation on this tension, where the lines of the land echo the contours of the soul.

Soft curves of dunes and stone suggest breath and tenderness, while sharp ridges and shadows speak of survival and resilience. In this stillness, the desert sharpened my senses. The camera became less a tool of observation than a way of listening, revealing how the land can hold us, reflect us, and remind us who we are beneath the noise.