More Than A Rock - Photography by Mark Gardner

Potential Energy

Geometry

Three of a Kind

Lovers Intertwined

Predator Searching

Leviathans Rising

Emerging Croissants

Fresh Cookies

Hand Signal

Mother Minding Her Brood

Repose

Hopeful

Ghouls

Ogres Sleeping

Herding Rocks

Gathering Horde

More Than A Rock (With No Apologies to Guy Tal)

“One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are.” – Minor White

The cacophony of rocks in the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, CA have long been a draw for photographers, artists and movie makers. Their abundance, shapes and arrangements offer an infinite supply of imagery. As I explored and photographed these rocks over a number of trips and years, I began to see more than "what they are". Their shapes and arrangements are often suggestive of something else - something more than just a rock.