The Great Smokies

Through the mist-laden valleys of America's most visited national park emerges a world where ancient rhythms still pulse. My Great Smoky Mountains gallery captures the raw drama of the fall elk rut, where massive bulls echo their primordial calls across the Valley of the Oconaluftee. Watch as black bears, masters of these old-growth forests, forage among centuries-old trees and vanish like ghosts into the mountain laurel.

These images tell stories of dawn light piercing through fog-filled hollows, of wilderness still untamed, and of moments where the mystical spirit of the Smokies reveals itself to those patient enough to wait.