Posts Tagged ‘national parks’
Posted on May 30, 2025, 12:32 pm, by QT Luong, under
Locations.
http://www.terragalleria.com/blog/landscape-from-the-bottom-highlights-of-a-grand-canyon-by-raft-photo-expedition Part 2 of 3: 1 | 2 | To be continued Anyone peering into the Grand Canyon for the first time is struck by two immediate, shocking facts: it comes without warning, and it is absolute. There is no soft transition, no gentle slope that prepares you. One moment you’re on the rim, the […]
Posted on May 23, 2025, 5:17 pm, by QT Luong, under
Locations.
http://www.terragalleria.com/blog/living-the-grand-canyon Part 1 of 3: 1 | 2 | To be continued On a photography expedition such as the one I co-led from May 1 to May 11 this year, participants come to capture the Grand Canyon’s awe-inspiring landscape and spend ten days immersed in its depths. But the Grand Canyon, like other national parks, […]
Posted on April 26, 2025, 2:55 pm, by QT Luong, under
Uncategorized.
https://www.terragalleria.com/blog/national-park-week-2025-what-were-really-up-against Each April, National Park Week is a time to celebrate the beauty, history, and spirit of America’s public lands. But in 2025, celebration must be paired with vigilance. The threats facing our national parks and public lands aren’t just abstract — they are deliberate, coordinated, and accelerating beneath the surface. From budget cuts and […]
Posted on February 27, 2025, 11:57 pm, by QT Luong, under
Locations.
http://www.terragalleria.com/blog/two-arches-in-joshua-tree-national-park Natural rock arches are rare in California’s deserts compared to places like Utah because of differences in geology and climate. Most natural arches form in soft sandstone, but California’s desert regions have mostly harder granite, metamorphic, or volcanic rocks. Freeze-thaw cycles and sustained water flows are less frequent than on the Colorado Plateau. Yet […]
Posted on December 28, 2024, 4:29 pm, by QT Luong, under
Esthetics.
http://www.terragalleria.com/blog/landscape-photography-1989-2024 In this narrative, I draw a parallel between the development of my landscape photography work over more than three decades and my view of the historic evolution of landscape photography and environmental thought. I Growing up in France, I did not experience natural, raw landscapes solely shaped by primordial forces of nature until I […]
Posted on August 25, 2024, 10:10 am, by QT Luong, under
Books.
https://www.terragalleria.com/blog/tracing-the-history-of-national-park-service-emblems-through-visitor-guides On the 108th anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS) this article continues my examination of the official NPS visitor guides over the years, focussing this time on one particular element: the NPS emblem. If you haven’t done so, reading the previous installments of this series will provide context. Part 4 of an on-going […]
Posted on July 11, 2024, 5:44 pm, by QT Luong, under
Locations.
https://www.terragalleria.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-ofu-island-american-samoa As the crown jewel of the National Park of American Samoa, Ofu Island is the tropical beach paradise many travelers dream about. However, there is little information about Ofu, most of it incomplete, outdated, or wrong. Based on insider information I acquired during two visits to Ofu, I remedy this situation and provide tips […]
Posted on June 21, 2024, 10:54 pm, by QT Luong, under
Locations.
https://www.terragalleria.com/blog/a-week-on-ofu-island-setbacks-in-paradise Summary: a personal account of a week on Ofu Island in the National Park of American Samoa during which carefully-laid plans were thwarted by a combination of weather, equipment failures, and transportation issues threatening to leave us stranded in the South Pacific. My friend Tommy travels without plans or expectations. This approach, increasingly popular […]
Posted on April 25, 2024, 1:28 pm, by QT Luong, under
Books.
https://www.terragalleria.com/blog/the-best-national-parks-guidebooks National Park Week is upon us. My past write-ups acknowledged the role government and citizen organizations played in protecting our national parks. One of the takeaways from Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan’s The National Parks: America’s Best Idea was that their establishment also owes much to the tireless efforts of individual dedicated conservationists. However, […]
Posted on March 14, 2024, 3:04 pm, by QT Luong, under
Esthetics.
In 2015, the China Photographic Publishing House released the book Landscape Photography – American Master Photographers on Their Art, featuring the work of nine American photographers (in order of appearance): Art Wolfe, Charles Cramer, David Muench, Clyde Butcher, QT Luong, Tom Till, Tom Murphy, Elizabeth Carmel, and Ian Plant. Since it was about studying how […]
