Estrella Metal Print

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Estrella Mountain Ranch in the Phoenix metropolitan area is a development started by Charles Keating. Shortly after the project was started, keating became infamous for his involvement in the savings and loan scandal of the late 1980s. This infrared shot was taken in Estrella Mountain Ranch shortly after construction began, circa 1988 or 1989.

Initially, the camera was a tool I used to create unaltered images to document the real world, first as an Army medical photographer and later as a newspaper photographer. However, I was always fascinated by the Photoshop tools that allow a photographer to alter the real world and create images that represent fantasy rather than reality. Since I became interested in photography, I admired the way some master photographers, most notably Jerry Uelsmann, merged multiple images into photo montages to create alternate realities. Using the inventory of my own photos I’ve amassed over the years, as well as stock images when necessary, I often combine multiple photographic images to create alternate realities from my imagination.