Years ago, while traveling through the southwest US, I met the very talented and personable photographer DeWitt Jones who was shooting for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC at the time. I was just starting to take photography more seriously and was impressed by Jones' friendliness and professionalism.
In the course of the day spent shooting, he showed me a book he had published a few years prior entitled: "What The Road Passes By" — a photo essay on the hidden beauty lurking just off the beaten path.
I thought of Jones and that book last night when I stopped along the side of the road in a suburban neighborhood to capture some spring images of a flooded woodland scene. I remarked to the homeowner who came out to see what I was up to that, without knowing the story behind it, most people looking at the images would assume they were made in a remote location far from civilization.
It's what the road passes by….
