International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 50 | Page 129

PHOTOGRAPHER Joseph Braun About a month ago, I traveled from Santa Barbara to the Pismo Beach Dunes in California. Entering these natural sand dunes is like entering another world. No people, no plants, and no machines. I was mesmerized by all the space. There was such immense peace to be discovered in this beautiful void, where there was only wind, sand, and sky. The wind gently beats against the sand, under an expansive forgiving sky. Footprints in the sand are quickly forgotten, erased by the wind. Clouds fly by sporatically, as they cast their ghostlike shadows up and down the rolling Pismo Beach Dunes. All that is left are ephemeral ripples or earth, constantly shifting beneath our feed. Having never photographed such a thing before, I brought my camera hoping to catch something. What struck me most about the dunes was the space. My sense of time was gone, while at the same time, evidence of time was all around me; In the ever-changing features of the Pismo Beach Dunes, morphing right before my eyes. I made this hauntingly beautiful series that I now call Past and Future. I hope you enjoy! http://www.josephbraun.com [email protected] Subscribe to the Newsletters here http:// josephbraunphotography.us4.list-manage.com/ subscribe?u=13d4930f6d71a78fc58101726&id= 442008aa3e www.internationallifestylemagazine.com