Happy July 4! Young Cowboy with American Flag Lenses, July 4 Taylorsville Silver Buckle Rodeo, 2019 by David Leland Hyde. (Click Thru to See Large.) Do not buy into the Discovery Doctrine, Manifest Destiny, the Myth of Progress, endless growth, consumerism or American Exceptionalism too much. The money supply may have an unlimited ability to expand and prosperity may have no bounds for a small portion of those living on Planet Earth, but the real, hard facts remain that we live on a finite globe with a very specific supply of resources. Celebrate our always-a-great country for advancing the ..read more

Excerpts From The Text And Photographs of Drylands: The Deserts of North America by Philip Hyde, Part Five Continued from the blog post, “Drylands: The Deserts Of North America 4.” Canyonlands From the White Rim, Monument Basin, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, 1982 by Philip Hyde. (Click to see large.) “Drylands: The Deserts of North America with photographs and text by Philip Hyde” came out of nearly 60 years of exploring and defending western North American wilderness with special emphasis on the five deserts of the continent. Yolla Bolly Press, which also packaged “Mountain Light” by Gal ..read more

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! The Dixie Fire, Philip Hyde Historical Wilderness Photography Archive and David Leland Hyde The Hyde Home and Photography Studio Has Just Survived the Largest Single Incident Wildfire in Known California History The Fire Threatened Three Times Over Three Months Hand Line Below House After Dixie Fire, Rough Rock, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, 2021 by David Leland Hyde. Many thanks to the Inyo Hotshots from Bishop, California for all the excellent work they did on my property. During “Round 1” they cut one hand line and more than 40 days later when Grizzly Ridge became th ..read more

Ardis Hyde’s Garden Two Feature Blog Post My Garden Paradise in Pecos, New Mexico The End of My World and a New Home North of Santa Fe (See also, “Ardis Hyde’s Garden 1: Digging Stumps, Beginner’s Luck and Mom’s Green Thumb.”) Wheelbarrow, Adobe Wall, Fall, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2009 by David Leland Hyde. (Click to see large.) In 1992, I left Los Angeles in the midst of the Rodney King Riots. Fires and looting had surrounded my home, devastated my neighborhood in West L.A. and left me thinking it was the end of civilization, as we knew it. Perhaps it was the beginning of the end. Time will t ..read more

Denali National Park, Alaska Travel Log: June 14-September 14, 1971 by Ardis Hyde (Ardis, David and Philip Hyde in Their Camper. Continued from the blog post, “Denali National Park, Alaska Travel Log 21.”) Part 22: Denali National Park, Alaska. Mt. Denali, Wonder Lake Campground. Cottage called “Permafrost.” (Formerly Mt. McKinley, Wonder Lake Campground.) Mt. Denali From Wonder Lake, Alaska Range, Denali National Park, Alaska, 1971 by Philip Hyde. Digital image from high resolution Tango drum scan of the original Kodak large format 4X5 color transparency. Remastered by Carr Clifton. (Click t ..read more

Forbes Magazine, Food & Wine and Others Publish David Leland Hyde Photographs With Articles About the Genesee Valley Ranch Ranch Manager Connecting With Wagyu Cows, Winter, Genesee Valley Ranch, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California by David Leland Hyde. A print of this photograph appeared in the exhibition, “Agriculture West and Midwest” at the Plumas County Museum. It has also been the most widely used photograph in articles and other PR efforts on behalf of the ranch. Special thanks to Ranch Manager Michele Haskins and to the Palmaz Family. (Click 3X to See Large.) Living in the Lost Si ..read more

Art Show Review: Lessons in Composition From “Monet: The Early Years” and “Monet: The Late Years” De Young Legion of Honor, San Francisco Art Museums Are You Rehashing Reductive Rules? Indian Rhubarb and Reflections, Spanish Creek, Fall, Northern Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, 2017 by David Leland Hyde. (Click 3X to enlarge.) A few people have said this photograph looks like a Monet painting. I do not make photographs to look like paintings intentionally, but if one does, so be it. I like abstract subjects and photograph them whenever possible. Paul Strand’s straight negatives were not ..read more

Ardis Hyde’s Garden One Feature Blog Post Gardening Background From the Sierra Nevada to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and Back What Ardis Hyde Left Behind Fall Color, Japanese Maples and Other Ornamental Trees, Ardis Hyde’s Garden, 2017 by David Leland Hyde. (To view large click image.) My mother, Ardis Hyde, was a self-trained naturalist, botanist, kindergarten teacher, neighborhood garden buying club organizer, Audubon birder, food preserver, cook and green thumb gardening enthusiast, teacher and networker. She not only grew a bountiful vegetable garden every year, she and my father, pio ..read more

Golden Decade Students of Ansel Adams Show Vintage Contact Prints for the First Time Ever at the Bolinas Museum January 25 – March 22, 2020 Apologies for the short notice, but this show is well worth going to if you are going anywhere. At least there will not be a crowd. Use your own judgment and be safe. Sunken Wrecked Car Body, Tidal Pool, Sausalito, Marin County, California, 1948 by Philip Hyde. This photograph is in the Bolinas Museum show. (Click to enlarge.) All of Ansel Adams’ students at the California School of Fine Arts, now the San Francisco Art Institute, learned to make darkroom ..read more

Excerpts From The Text And Photographs of Drylands: The Deserts of North America by Philip Hyde, Part Four Continued from the blog post, “Drylands: The Deserts Of North America 3.”   Chinle Shales, Chinle Formation, Circle Cliffs, Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Utah, 1982 by Philip Hyde from Drylands: The Deserts of North America. Drylands: The Deserts of North America with photographs and text by Philip Hyde came out of nearly 60 years of exploring and defending western North American wilderness with special emphasis on the five deserts of the continent. Yolla Bolly Press, which ..read more