Poems for Colorado
2021-2023
Colorado Locations: Mt. Parnassus, Rocky Mountain NP, Huron Peak, Morrow Point Reservoir, Mt. Oxford, Wetterhorn Peak, Cherry Creek Reservoir SP, Sangre de Cristo Range, Geneva Park, Uncompagre Peak, Little Bear Peak, San Juan Range, Blanca Peak, Ellingwood Point, Sawatch Range, Mt. Columbia, Humboldt Peak, Indian Peaks Wilderness, James Peak, The Spider and the Fly, Chasm Lake, Longs Peak, Front Range.
The collection of images below were captured over the past two years in the Centennial State. They serve as a visual poetic hymn dedicated to Colorado. The images reflect a place that is both rugged and resilient, yet subtle and gentle—a place that Dustin calls home. Through his adventures in the backcountry, he portrays the wilderness as the protagonist in a mélange of comic and tragic drama.
The photographs journey through snowy summits, steep valleys, and pooled lakes that funnel into controlled flows between high canyon walls, showcasing the complexity of Colorado’s most vital resource: water. They highlight the need to protect wilderness areas while balancing the innate human desire to explore this magnificent nature. The journey through the wilderness bears witness to the current climate landscape as it changes with the seasons of Colorful Colorado.
