Great Sand Dunes Portfolio

Statement

To photograph the Great Sand Dunes of southern Colorado, is to photograph the elemental forces of wind, water
and time that have passed there and sculpted waves, curves, ripples and bowls.

These huge dunes are open, bare, and revealing of every movement in or across them.
At times the dunes seem to reveal an opening into an infinite, fathomless other realm of time and space.

Among the dunes I see a body, sensual, intriguing and alive.
Sometimes my mind thinks the body is human. Other times, the body of the dunes is a
being unknown to me, yet very present and alive before me, surrounding me, part of me, one with me.

Process

Each print is individually printed by Memphis Barbree using archival
ultrachrome pigment inks and the finest archival papers.

Images are created with digital capture. Prints are made using a process based in the darkroom
printing techniques of the early masters of photography adapted to current technology and digital tools.
The inks are UV stable and have a longevity rating of 138 years when protected from direct UV exposure.

Prints are available in editions of 3 and 5, varying with the print size. The expanded view
of each image contains information about the sizes of available prints.

The prints are signed and numbered inverso and emboss stamped with Memphis Barbree’s studio insignia
below the image on the bottom right of the paper. Each print also has an individually
numbered holographic stamp that corresponds to a certificate of authenticity signed by Memphis Barbree.

Purchased prints ship with an archival print box.