photo essay
by Michael H. Marvins
These images are from my book Texas’ Big Bend: A Photographic Adventure, where they’re in color; here, I’ve
tweaked them for black and white.
Editor’s note: Mike’s book is published by Austin’s Bright Sky Press. It’s available now in local book stores, and the proceeds from it benefit the Friends of Big Bend National Park.
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Lechuguilla
he signature plant of the Chihuahuan Desert, this one poked right through my jeans and produced several drops of blood. Clearing a spot on the desert floor,
I got down on my stomach and took this critters’ eye view with my Kodak disposable camera. One of those spots is my blood donation.
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Cenizo
First Quarter 2010