ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Up-ended Juniper roots, Arches National Park, Utah. I was drawn to the grasping ends of roots reaching towards the darkening sky in hopes of gathering on last drink of rain. To make the wood stand separated from the stone required lightening the orange/red values in the rock. I take joy in finding these sorts of compositions in a place that's often overrun with people with only arches on their mind.

AUTHOR
Bruce Hucko is an independent photographer, arts educator and children’s art coach living in Moab, UT. His professional work appears in 15 books on the Landscape, People and Arts of the desert southwest and he’s produced two national park service interpretive shows. For 15 years (ending in 2018) Hucko owned and directed the annual Moab Photography Symposium. He now leads personal and small group workshops in the Moab area that emphasize the making of personally meaningful images.
His personal bodies of work (published via Blurb.com) include WaterSong (images from a Moab stream), The Edge of Reality (abstract tending images from southern Utah), A Gesture of Kinship (creative documentary images chronicling his time among the Navajo), and Sacred Evidence (ancient homescapes of the desert southwest). Hucko is equally at home with color and B&W imagery.
When not making art with children or engaging photography he enjoys whitewater rafting, hikes, good books, red wine, single malt scotch and sipping tequila.

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