Desert Dust - G R Gardner Photography

I spent the Winter of 2014 in the high desert of the Coachella Valley of California working on a book project. I also had the chance to hop on Angus, my trusty Harley-Davidson, and explore the area and take a number of photographs of the ghosts of the desert around Wonder Valley, and the Salton Sea. Both areas where people staked a claim in the 1940s and 1950s and then left. The beauty of the desert heat is that it preserves things. I spent hours wandering in the desert dust and listening to the ghosts on the wind…
These are a few of my favorites images from that year.
These images are presently on display and available for sale at the Brian Marki Fine Art Gallery in Palm Springs, CA (see more info on the "Shows and Reviews" tab).

Salton City, California

Desert Center, California

Bombay Beach, Salton Sea, California

Mecca, California

Salton Sea, California

Salton Beach, California

Wonder Valley, California