Photographs made in the natural landscape, 1967–2010—a sampler

Michael A. Smith



Near Aspen, Colorado, 1967, 81-6708-08, 8x10-inch gelatin silver chloride contact print
Near Frenchtown, New Jersey, 1969, 81-6901-07, 8x10-inch gelatin silver chloride contact print
Near Blue River, British Columbia, 1975, 81-7508-96-505, 8x10-inch gelatin silver chloride contact print
Shore Acres, Oregon, 1975, 81-7508-51-460, 8x10-inch gelatin silver chloride contact print
Kitt Peak, Arizona, 1978, 81-7805-10-17, 8x10-inch gelatin silver chloride contact print
Painted Desert, Arizona, 1978, 81-7805-92-99, 8x10-inch gelatin silver chloride contact print
Canyon del Muerto, 1982, 81-8205-04, 8x10-inch gelatin silver chloride contact print
Canyon del Muerto, 1991, 8109110-06-21, 8x10-inch gelatin silver chloride contact print
Shore Acres, Oregon, 1979, 82-7906-05, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Ottsville, Pennsylvania, 1981, 82-8111-01, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
From Bristlecone Pine National Monument, California, 1982, 82-8205-38, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Near Delaware, Ohio, 1983, 81-8311-15, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Cnyon de Chelly, Arizona, 1984, 82-8204-12, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana, 1985, 82-8510-37-129, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Yosemite, 1988, 82-8810-37, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Near Tucson, Arizona, 1990, 82-9004-01-30, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Yosemite, 1990, 82-9005-17-82, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Near Aspen, Colorado, 1991, 82-9109-23-23, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Badlands, South Dakota, 1991, 82-9110-16-41, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Canyon del Muerto, 1991, 82-9110-71-96, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Near Hopland, California, 1993, 82-9304-01-06, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Bear Lake, Idaho, 1991, 82-9110-38-63, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Near Stonongton, Maine, 1998, 82-9807-09-12, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Le Crete, Tuscany, 1999, 82-9906-48-66, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Near Pienza, 2000, 82-0006-42-108, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Between San Quirico d’Orcia and Pienza, Tuscany, 2000, 82-0006-65-131, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Near San Gimignano, 2001, 82-0109-12-12, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Near Guerrero Negro, Baja California, 20013, 82-0302-16, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
San Ignacio, Baja California, 2003, 82-0302-45, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Jökulsárlon, Iceland, 2004, 82-0408-08-25, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Reynisfjara, Iceland, 2006, 82-0607-60-60, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Fellströnd, Iceland, 2006, 82-0608-07-117, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Jökulsárlon, Iceland, 2006, 82-0607-21-21, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Dyjnandi, 82-0608-13-123, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print
Djupavík, Iceland, 2010, 82-1008-15-72, 8"x20" gelatin silver chloride contact print

This is a very small sample of the thousands of photographs I have made in the natural landscape.

The challenge always is to balance the allure of the subject matter with my own sense of abstraction





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