"The desert tells a different story every time."
— Edward Abbey
"The Sonoran and Mojave don't bury their dead. They bleach them, dry them, scatter them — and leave them exactly where they fell, for anyone paying attention." — Un known
Desert Bones is a long-term documentary photography project exploring what the Sonoran and Mojave deserts preserve, and what they destroy. Shot in black and white, as well as color, the series catalogues found objects, animal remains, plant remains, abandoned furniture, rusted hardware, crumbling structures, left where they fell and slowly claimed by time and heat. These are not ruins in the romantic sense. They are simply things that outlasted their usefulness and were left behind. The desert keeps them anyway.
