Observations From The American West

Documentary photographer exploring time, place and presence.

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Anaconda: Smelter City

Anaconda was once the beating industrial heart of Montana — a place of smoke, steel, and the promise of prosperity. Immigrants arrived from across the world, chasing richness in the soil and a future …

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On Being A Documentary Photographer

The days are getting notably shorter and the sun a little lower in the sky. The scents are getting clearer and more pronounced as that unmistakable smell of fall sets in. Sacagawea Peak is the tallest…

Back Roads And Deeper Stories

For me there's something somewhat magical about driving back roads. Creatively I often stumble upon interesting subjects to photograph, but moreover it's just a way for me to get to know a place and s…

No Kings Day

I was walking around Anaconda with my camera, doing what I usually do—photographing houses, beat-up infrastructure, whatever catches my eye. It's quiet work. Nobody really pays attention to a guy with…On June 14, I was walking the streets of Anaconda making photographs—homes, infrastructure, small visual notes on place. It was quiet work, solitary. As I passed Kennedy Commons Park, I noticed a vete…

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AJ Dexter is a documentary photographer living in Bozeman, Montana.

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