JOHN BRABYN
Photographer
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John Brabyn has explored the deserts and ghost towns
of the West for many years. Avoiding the usual tourist locales and photo ops,
he has instead sought out the most remote, seldom-visited areas, organizing
numerous desert expeditions to secluded scenic and historic areas accessible
only by primitive 4WD roads. His expeditions have also retraced historic wagon
and railroad routes (including the most remote segments of the Emigrant Trail,
the Pony Express Trail, the Twenty Mule Team Borax Trail, the Bodie &
Benton Railroad route, and others.
John is an ardent follower of the Tread Lightly
principles, striving to leave no trace and leave each area better than it was
found. Wishing to preserve for future generations the ability to experience the
desert and its history, he advocates preservation of environmentally
responsible access to historic primitive roads -- the only practical and safe
way to visit remote desert areas for most people except the superbly fit
long-distance hiker. A believer in quality expedition equipment, he is also
webmaster of the most popular Range Rover website on the Internet.
Toting his trusty Hasselblad at all times, he has
gradually accumulated a portfolio of high quality images depicting many lesser-
known spots of historic interest and beauty in the desert. His work has
appeared in multimedia presentations, television programs, magazines, calendars,
a book and other publications, and some of his ghost town images have toured
the US in art exhibits. A selection of his images is now being made available
to the public.
Image Quality
All the images offered are of the highest professional quality, taken with Hasselblad
cameras with the latest Carl Zeiss lenses on low speed, fine grain film. The
resulting 6x6 cm negatives and transparencies provide images with far better
resolution and quality than is possible in the more common 35mm format. (The
copies made for viewing on this website are naturally of far lower resolution
and quality due to limitations of digital technology such as color
reproduction, resolution on different monitors, and image compression to limit
downloading time).
Each print is meticulously made by a professional lab
from the original negative or transparency, and is suitable for matting and
framing according to your individual taste. Smaller prints are mailed flat with
cardboard protectors, and larger ones rolled inside a shipping tube.
http://www.rangerovers.net/photographs/
Prepared by Bob Dalrymple, PO Box 122, Dapto, NSW Australia 2350
eMail: bob@relativelyyours.com