Mojave Moonlight: A Series of Nightscapes

By Tom Lowe

Tom Lowe lives in Los Angeles and is a successful TV commercial producer. His work has taken him to six continents and when on assignment he avoids the tourist havens. “I take the road less traveled— eat and reside with those who call a particular locale home, and when the opportunity to become an artist in residence for the Mojave National Preserve I found another opportunity for a road less traveled.”
Lowe found that his years of location scouting was invaluable for this project. He discovered his image locations by driving deep into the Mojave on one of the many access roads and then parking his car at sunset, often hiked in three miles to reach specific cactus, rocks and dune formations that presented compositions that spoke to the stillness of the night. “I rediscovered the light show in the Milky Way blanket— shooting stars mixed with the countless satellites that then introduced the moon as it moved on to its western horizon. Night in Mojave Preserve is an astronomical wonder.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Feb 26, 2014
• ISBN: 9781483521602

Book preview

I’ve been lucky to visit six continents and work in over fifteen countries during the last twenty-five years in the film industry. From the heat and humidity of India, to the barren landscapes of central China, to the serene calm of an Italian summer and the lapping waves of the Caribbean, I’ve endeavored to take the road less traveled, eat at the cafes frequented only by locals and walk their streets without a map. I continue to believe that getting lost in a city is the best way to discover it. A regular tourist I am not, if nothing else, my adventures have shown me a world outside the pages of the popular travel guides.

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