Canopy at Ilopango Size:24x36 The colors seemed unreal even

The colors seemed unreal even before night fell

The location remains unnamed out of respect for the site and the people whose stories remain etched into the rock

There are no trees

This photograph was made during the same early expedition that produced my original Alien Throne masterwork

the entire sky lit up at once

Canopy at Ilopango Size:24x36 The colors seemed unreal evenLake Ilopango, El Salvador This photograph was made beside Lake Ilopango, standing beneath a tree that stopped me in my tracks. Its branches twisted and bent in every direction, thick and muscular, reaching across the sky like something alive. I stepped underneath it and looked straight up, letting the canopy frame the light above. This was my first major international photography trip. I lived in El Salvador for more than two months, and it was one