Rocky

Rising high above the arid plateaus of Mojave National Preserve are the New York Mountains, a towering, rugged granite massif. A primitive 4-wheel drive track leads up Caruthers Canyon to the 6,000ft/1830m level overlooked by 7,500ft/2285m rocky peaks where makeshift campsites can be created. Being in this empty wilderness is like stepping back into a time before people walked upon this landscape.

This cropped photo was taken by an Asahi Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera and Super-Takumar/6X7 1:2.4/105mm lens with a Zenza Bronica 67mm SO56•2C(YA3) filter using Ilford Delta 400 Pro film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.