Sanctuary by Alex Noriega

Sanctuary by Alex Noriega

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Processing Instruction Deep in the Queets Rainforest of Olympic National Park, Washington, a lone oxalis flower blooms, guarded by a ring of oak ferns. This spring, I spent four days hiking and wading over 20 miles in this dense, lush, and wild forest with my friends Ted Gore and TJ Thorne. Camping on the shores of a glacial river in stands of alder, a stone’s throw from the greenest place you can imagine, is something I won’t soon forget. As anyone who has shot the rainforest will know, distilling the chaos into a composition that works is no easy task. As of the final day, after all those miles, I had but one image to show for it. During the hike out, I glanced down at a fortunate moment and noticed this arrangement, which ended up being the better of the mere two images I made. Not the kind of photograph one expects from a trip that requires fording a river and bushwhacking with a heavy pack, bear canister, and waders in tow!

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