Fort Missoula was commissioned in 1877. Over time it has served as an outpost fort, housed soldiers who fought native americans in the western territories, been a processing point for soldiers in WW I, and in WW II served as an internment camp for Japanese Americans who were taken from their communities and imprisoned during … Continue reading Fort Missoula
This has been a summer of intense heat and little rainfall. Being a Kansan at my core, I labor to find the upside to this dismal weather, yet found one through the lens. Our precious dirt and the smoke from the fires of someone elses distress collaborate to set the sky ablaze. A fitting, fire-filled … Continue reading Summer Sunset
©Jon E. Friesen, 2011 Empty gravel roads often provide wonderful opportunities to sit and wait. Peter Watson, a British photographer, writes of the discipline of “waiting for the light.” This theme, important for any photographer, was on my mind last night as we sat . . . waiting . . . with no guarantee that the right … Continue reading Good Moon Rising
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