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Guest Post: Desert Dreamworks

A photo essay by Samuel Shaw

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Jonathan P. Thompson
Nov 05, 2021
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The following photos and words are by Samuel Shaw, a photographer and writer. They are from his series entitled Desert Dreamworks.

Fresh builds on the outskirts. Samuel R. Shaw photo.

“As Americans, we are scarred by the dream of innocence. In our hearts, we still believe that the only truly beautiful landscape is an unpeopled one. So to wash our eyes of…

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