The "Bathtub Ring" of Lake Mead is a white mineral scar marking a countdown. It is a record of what happens when the demands of the modern world outpace the resources of the natural one.

For my latest project, I went to the receding shoreline with a Large Format camera and a specific goal: I didn't want to just photograph the crisis. I wanted the lake to be the literal medium of the work. I came to make one honest image—an artifact of what it felt like to stand here at this point in time.

Trona Pinnacles is an ancient, dry and desolate place in the Californian Desert. It is a unique feature that is home to tufa spires that populate the landscape. These spires are all different and interesting shapes with great shadow and texture. It is one of those otherworldly places that is surreal and makes it an ideal landscape to capture using the wet plate collodion process.