I love photographing industrial facilities. As with so many things, seen from the right perspective, they can be incredibly beautiful. The English photographer, Michael Kenna, has made a series of sensational photographs of power plants and other industrial operations that are worth checking out. In addition to admiring his talent, I am also envious of the access he was granted to photograph these sites. Always tricky, trying to photograph industrial facilities. Security guards tend to get a little antsy when they see the tripod and the long lens. Fortunately, in this instance I was far enough away that I was invisible to the powers that be.
Power Plant - Dawn
I was out the other night trying to find a good vantage point from which to photograph a dramatic end-of-the-monsoon-season lightning storm and was not having much success. Either it was raining too hard or I was in the wrong place and, finally, I was just a little too late. Driving home, however, this commercial fueling station caught my eye. In this age of fossil fuels, there is something reassuring about a filling station on a dark road. For prints of this image, please visit my 
