Abandoned Mine Lands of the West

This portfolio is a meditation on the bones of industry scattered across the vast, untamed landscapes of the American West. Here, the remains of mining towns and operations—headframes, ore bins, tailings, and rusting machinery—stand as quiet elegies to a relentless past. These abandoned spaces are not empty; they pulse with absence, history, and the slow, unyielding hand of nature’s reclamation.

Through a lens that seeks both beauty and impermanence, Abandoned Mine Lands of the West explores the stark interplay between human ambition and the landscapes it sought to conquer. Each image invites the viewer to step into the silence and reflect on what remains—structures weathered into artifacts, stories reduced to shadows, and land forever marked by the hunger beneath its surface.