Travel journal

Photographs from places I wanted to remember.

I use these journals to share what caught my eye while traveling: changing weather, architecture, wildlife, and light.

Stone, Sky, and Aperture: Three Days in Arches — Mark Barta travel photography

Stone, Sky, and Aperture: Three Days in Arches

I made these ten photographs during three October days in Arches National Park, moving from storm-lit slickrock to arches, reflections, windows, and weathered sandstone towers.

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Meadow, Seed, and Sunflower: A Study in Scale — Mark Barta travel photography

Meadow, Seed, and Sunflower: A Study in Scale

I made these four photographs by moving from a Colorado mountain meadow to the patterned center of a sunflower, following the details from flowers to seed to pollination.

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River, Stone, and Glass: London in Layers — Mark Barta travel photography

River, Stone, and Glass: London in Layers

I made these thirteen photographs during three August days in London, following curves, Gothic stone, river light, modern façades, and movement through the city.

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Alaska, June 2024: A Photo Journal — Mark Barta travel photography

Alaska, June 2024: A Photo Journal

I made these fourteen photographs over six June days, following changing weather, floatplanes, Ward Lake, bald eagles, and coastal mountains from Vancouver to Glacier Bay.

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Stone, Water, and Light: From the Cotswolds to Oxford — Mark Barta travel photography

Stone, Water, and Light: From the Cotswolds to Oxford

I made these ten photographs in one August day, following water, limestone, weather, and changing light from the Cotswolds to Oxford.

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