. . . from the archives #40: Saratoga Springs—Death Valley, 1975

Saratoga Springs is one of the sites where the elusive desert pupfish can be found. My brother and I had made our way here, at the southernmost tip of Death Valley, just as the sun was setting.

I set up my camera—a Mamiya RB-67—on my heavy-duty Bogen tripod and took this picture.

Later, showing it for a critique at a Friends of Photography seminar in Monterey, the reviewer (can’t remember who) paused a minute, studied it, and then said "You know, I really see two photographs here."

Ohhhh-kay.

Photo: Saratoga Springs—Death Valley, 1975