Posts Tagged ‘photography’
Posted on June 30, 2026, 3:36 pm, by QT Luong, under
Projects.
(click on images to enlarge) Across the country, cities are reclaiming marginal lands, often in places where unhoused people have lived. The Trail, Cleared examines what happens when ecological recovery and human displacement occupy the same ground. The work grows out of my long engagement with the Coyote Creek Trail, a corridor I photographed repeatedly […]
Posted on February 27, 2026, 3:59 pm, by QT Luong, under
Books.
https://www.terragalleria.com/blog/ten-grand-canyon-photography-books There are countless photography books about the Grand Canyon. Many are excellent—well printed, visually memorable, and made with real devotion to the place. Although it spans over a century, this survey is not an attempt to identify “the best,” nor is it comprehensive. Instead, it reflects what I have kept close: the books in […]
Posted on November 28, 2025, 12:12 pm, by QT Luong, under
Locations.
https://www.terragalleria.com/blog/national-parks-and-monuments-during-the-shutdown By the time I arrived in New Mexico this November, the numbers out of Washington were already worse than in April. Since the presidential inauguration, the National Park Service has now shed roughly a quarter of its permanent staff through buyouts, forced retirements, rescinded offers, and an ongoing hiring freeze. The “One Big Beautiful […]
Posted on October 29, 2025, 12:22 pm, by QT Luong, under
Projects.
https://www.terragalleria.com/blog/the-trails-evolution-and-artistic-lineage In 2014, my brother-in-law Nhon—a dedicated bicyclist—first introduced us to the Coyote Creek Trail. The photo from that first outing pictures my family: my son up ahead, my wife, and Nhon. We returned occasionally after that, weaving small loops together, moving through the corridor more as participants than as observers. Back then it felt […]
Posted on September 21, 2025, 9:01 pm, by QT Luong, under
Books,
Esthetics.
http://www.terragalleria.com/blog/manufacturing-national-park-nature Forming the backbone of North America, the Rocky Mountains have long stood as an emblem of wilderness, with Glacier National Park in Montana dubbed the “Crown of the Continent.” Yet north of the border lies an even more spectacular expanse, protected within four contiguous Canadian Rocky Mountain parks. Glacier delivers vertical drama, not because […]
Posted on July 28, 2025, 2:02 pm, by QT Luong, under
Recollections.
https://www.terragalleria.com/blog/the-trek-zanskar-1989 In the summer of 1989, I set foot in Asia for the first time—a formative journey that expanded both my view of the world and the role photography could play in it. A few years earlier, college friends at Polytechnique had introduced me to climbing, and I had taken to it immediately. Photography followed […]
Posted on June 30, 2025, 5:20 pm, by QT Luong, under
Locations.
http://www.terragalleria.com/blog/the-living-colorado-photographing-the-grand-canyon-from-the-river/ Part 3 of 3: 1 | 2 | 3 The Colorado River is the main waterway of the American Southwest. Over millions of years, it has carved the Grand Canyon, the most spectacular intersection of water and stone, time and motion. The Grand Canyon segment of the Colorado is not only its most dramatic […]
Posted on May 30, 2025, 12:32 pm, by QT Luong, under
Locations.
http://www.terragalleria.com/blog/landscape-from-the-bottom-highlights-of-a-grand-canyon-by-raft-photo-expedition Part 2 of 3: 1 | 2 | 3 Anyone peering into the Grand Canyon for the first time is struck by two immediate, shocking facts: it comes without warning, and it is absolute. There is no soft transition, no gentle slope that prepares you. One moment you’re on the rim, the next you’re […]
Posted on May 23, 2025, 5:17 pm, by QT Luong, under
Locations.
http://www.terragalleria.com/blog/living-the-grand-canyon Part 1 of 3: 1 | 2 | 3 On a photography expedition such as the one I co-led from May 1 to May 11 this year, participants come to capture the Grand Canyon’s awe-inspiring landscape and spend ten days immersed in its depths. But the Grand Canyon, like other national parks, is not […]
Posted on February 27, 2025, 11:57 pm, by QT Luong, under
Locations.
http://www.terragalleria.com/blog/two-arches-in-joshua-tree-national-park Natural rock arches are rare in California’s deserts compared to places like Utah because of differences in geology and climate. Most natural arches form in soft sandstone, but California’s desert regions have mostly harder granite, metamorphic, or volcanic rocks. Freeze-thaw cycles and sustained water flows are less frequent than on the Colorado Plateau. Yet […]
