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Content Published April 14, 2016

A Defensive Posture

As a wild animal might rear up and show claws and fangs against a predator, this fallen tree appears to warn the sea.

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Content Published April 9, 2016

Palmettos and Moss

Through all the shady spanish moss, a young palmetto tree takes root.

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Content Published April 9, 2016

Neverending

Reaching to the sky, the limbs of Angel Oak seem to go on forever.

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Content Published April 8, 2016

Sunrise at Wimbee Creek

Stripped of the typical colors of sunrise, the salt marsh shows us its unique character of light.

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Content Published April 5, 2016

Shadows in the Surf

Folding several seconds of reality into a single moment shows us things we'd never notice otherwise.

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Content Published April 5, 2016

The Manor

This old Oak has stories to tell.

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Content Published April 2, 2016

Chapel of Ease

This solemn old ante-bellum church ruin sits alone amongst a grove of large Live Oaks and headstones along a backroad in the Carolina Lowcountry.

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Content Published April 2, 2016

Exhumation

The certain process of surf removing sand reveals things we shouldn't see.

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Content Published April 2, 2016

Aftermath

Relics of a vibrant forest laid bare by the ravaging of the sea, but at this moment, there is nothing but peace and beauty.

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Content Published March 30, 2016

Young Palmettos in Black Water

Waxy leaves of young palmettos seem to grab all the sunlight and prevent it reaching places where only shadows thrive.

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Content Published March 29, 2016

Morning Stretch

Old Oak plays a leading role on the salt marsh stage of the tidal Carolinas.

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Content Published March 29, 2016

One Morning at Old Sheldon Church

Some subjects place a heavy responsibility on me to show their soulful side; this was one of those places.

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Content Published January 20, 2016

Lowcountry Walk

A mysterious canopy of safety or danger? Safety, I think.

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Content Published January 20, 2016

Lowcountry Cypress

Cypress trees become one with the estuary pool and the parasitic Spanish Moss of the deep South.

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Content Published January 20, 2016

Enduring Arms

The magnificently aging arms of Angel Oak, John's Island, SC

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Content Published December 28, 2015

Hibernian Hall at Night, Charleston

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Content Published December 28, 2015

Charleston City LIghts

St Phillips, Meeting Street, Charleston

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Content Published June 12, 2015

After Hours Charleston City Market

Absent vendors and wares that fill the market during the day, we see something entirely different after hours.

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