honorable mention
Jake Mosher united statesPhoto © Jake Mosher
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Goodnight Kiss
Mosher believes that now, perhaps more than ever, the world needs the beauty of art, and he hopes that his images will inspire people to pause, look around, and understand there is so much worth seeing. A self-taught naturalist, Mosher is convinced that nothing in nature is ordinary and that the Earth, particularly off the beaten path, is a wonderful thing to behold.
Shooting primarily in the Rocky Mountains, Mosher is happiest when he's in remote country with his camera.
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entry description
All across the Western Prairie, homesteads abandoned during the Dust Bowl still stand like ghost ships on the plains. To me, they are beautiful and haunting, reminders of the power of Nature during a time when we seem less and less inclined to heed the warning signs of climate change. I have no trouble imagining the heartbreak felt as a family walked away from this home, the laughter of children in the yard lost to the howl of winter winds and the rattle of loose windowpanes. These homesteads are frequent subjects for my photography, and on this evening as it weathered another storm, a partial rainbow appeared in the moments before the sun set.about the photographer
Jake Mosher grew up in Northern Vermont and has lived in Montana for almost 25 years. He has worked as everything from a published novelist, to a prize fighter, to an explosives engineer, walking away from corporate America in the fall of 2017 to pursue his photography full-time.Mosher believes that now, perhaps more than ever, the world needs the beauty of art, and he hopes that his images will inspire people to pause, look around, and understand there is so much worth seeing. A self-taught naturalist, Mosher is convinced that nothing in nature is ordinary and that the Earth, particularly off the beaten path, is a wonderful thing to behold.
Shooting primarily in the Rocky Mountains, Mosher is happiest when he's in remote country with his camera.
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