{"id":14034,"date":"2012-11-13T16:10:17","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T21:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?page_id=14034"},"modified":"2012-11-15T09:58:56","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T14:58:56","slug":"bill-young","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?page_id=14034","title":{"rendered":"Bill Young"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>IMAGES FROM THE DESERT<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?attachment_id=14035\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14035\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-14035 alignleft\" title=\"Bill Young\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Bill-Young-150x129.jpg?resize=150%2C129\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"129\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have always been fascinated by the desert landscape. There is a stark beauty to accompany the solitude that I both seek and find in these harsh environments.<\/p>\n<p>The Dune Poetry images resulted from a flight in a small aircraft over the big dunes in the Namib Naukluft National Park in Namibia. The full series is available on the web site, and was published in the magazine LensWork (issue 90). The other two images are from Death Valley in California.<\/p>\n<p>While certainly capable and willing to provide a straight image of a beautiful scene, I am drawn to black and white printed imagery and often to abstractions as hinted at with these prints being shown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">DUNE POETRY<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?attachment_id=14050\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14050\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14050\" title=\"YoungWA_090907_aerial_11811.CR2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Dune_Poetry-1.jpg?resize=640%2C427\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Dune_Poetry-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Dune_Poetry-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?attachment_id=14057\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14057\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14057\" title=\"YoungWA_090907_aerial_11823.CR2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Dune_Poetry-2.jpg?resize=640%2C489\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Dune_Poetry-2.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Dune_Poetry-2.jpg?resize=300%2C229&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?attachment_id=14058\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14058\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14058\" title=\"YoungWA_090907_aerial_11679.CR2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Dune_Poetry-22.jpg?resize=640%2C427\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Dune_Poetry-22.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Dune_Poetry-22.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">DEATH VALLEY<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?attachment_id=14038\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14038\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14038\" title=\"071109_Death Valley_1029\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Death_Valley-1.jpg?resize=640%2C427\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Death_Valley-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Death_Valley-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/?attachment_id=14059\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14059\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14059\" title=\"071106_Death Valley_2207\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Death_Valley-2.jpg?resize=640%2C427\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Death_Valley-2.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Death_Valley-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><span class='ldc-ul_cont' onclick=\"alter_ul_post_values(this,'14034','like')\" >Likes<img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/like-dislike-counter-for-posts-pages-and-comments\/images\/up.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>(<span>0<\/span>)<\/span><span class='ldc-ul_cont' onclick=\"alter_ul_post_values(this,'14034','dislike')\" >Dislikes<img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raphotoclub.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/like-dislike-counter-for-posts-pages-and-comments\/images\/down.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>(<span>0<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMAGES FROM THE DESERT I have always been fascinated by the desert landscape. There is a stark beauty to accompany the solitude that I both seek and find in these harsh environments. 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