Jeff Komisarof Photography

Personally experiencing Nature is a healing and restorative process. It puts us
back in touch with the forces that seem so remote in our modern world. Once we
get out into the wild, it reinforces that our planet is a living, changing entity,
continually being built up by volcanic forces evident here in the Pacific Northwest,
and broken down by the forces of water, wind, gravity, and the animal kingdom,
most notably humankind.

Photographs, like our memories, are unique in their ability to capture the
beautiful details of our changing Earth. Amazingly, these details are mirrored in
far-flung locales, from deserts to mountains, produced by the same constructive and
erosive forces of nature. This conservation of motifs in Nature produces a
familiarity, a sense of home, wherever one finds oneself.

I hope these photographs of my travels through the sanctuary of Nature evoke a
sense of the overwhelming beauty that is out there for those willing to walk off the
beaten path, a wanderlust to explore and experience this great Earth, and the
motivation to protect this unique and irreplaceable gift that has been bestowed upon
us from the destructive thirst for profit that threatens it more than ever.