Missed the first snowfall in the valley but hopefully we’ll still get a chance to see the colors clash 🍂❄️
#bethexperience #fallmeetswinter #aspensnowmass
Fall bike rides with @sethsnowboards 🚴🍂
#bethexperience #aspensnowmass #snowmass #aspenco #mtnbiking #coloradofall
The show of the dancing balloons 🎈
#bethexperience #snowmass #snowmassballoonfestival #aspensnowmass
Last week @erica.leafe and I accomplished a goal we’ve had for quite some years to run the 4 Pass Loop! This trail goes over 4 mountain passes in 27 miles and just over 8,100 feet of elevation gain. This was only my second time ever running the marathon distance!
The trail is scenic from start to finish and the wildflowers were very distracting 😂 we finished in just over 9 hours!
What a beautiful backyard we have in White River National Forest!
#Bethexperience #4passloop #fourpassloop #aspenco
My favorite spots for wildflowers around Aspen! 🌺🌸🌻
What would you add?
#bethexperience #coloradowildflowers #aspenco
Come join me on Thursday, June 20th 5-7pm at @redbrickaspen for the opening reception of “Fortune Teller” where I will be presenting my new work from Arctic and Antarctica, titled “A Farewell to Ice”
@redbrickaspen :
In a world where rapid changes have left us with a future that evokes various emotions - from fear to excitement, from uncertainty to boundless possibilities - we find ourselves at a unique juncture. The impact of humans on the environment is immense and consequential, artificial intelligence is now a part of our daily reality, and innovation and creativity continue to offer endless opportunities.
Artists, true to their nature, never remain passive; they continuously seek to grasp the essence of lived experiences, traverse physical and internal landscapes, unite disparate elements, draw from the past, reside in the present, question conventions, pioneer innovation, create, and envision a brighter future.
As the ski season is wrapping up, here’s a little reminder to stay for the summer 😊
Thanks for including me in this short video series @spencemiller_ 💜
Came for snowboarding, stayed for everything else! I can certainly say that this place and its people have made me the person I am today. 11 years of calling @aspensnowmass my home 💜
#bethexperience
“2 LEGS IS 2 EASY” featuring @stevethepiraterrrr got 🥇 in the NEPSA awards last night at the sold out @wheeleropera . This film has been 6 years in the making, and my favorite part of it has been becoming close friends with Steve over the years. It’s been hard to finish the film, because there’s always more epic footage to get 😄
So stoked to finally get this incredible story out, and wouldn’t have been able to make this film without amazing footage from @photograferg on the follow cam and @luke_tornare and @dawsonjpgillespie with the drone shots
Thanks to @strafeouterwear for support and waiting for 5 years for us to finish the film 😆, @aspensnowmass for letting us play on the hill and @icelantic_skis
Will be sharing the full film soon!
#2legsis2easy
Who’s coming to the NEPSA’s on Thursday?? I’m so excited to show my new film featuring the one and only @stevethepiraterrrr 😁
#2legsis2easy #bethexperience #aspensnowmass
Until the snow starts falling, here’s some more Antarctica 🐧
Next year’s dates are October 19-31st, who wants to go? 🙋♀️
@iceaxeexpeditions
#bethexperience #skiantarctica #iceaxeexpeditions
Still dreaming of those Antarctic landscapes… @iceaxeexpeditions
More people have climbed Everest than skied Antarctica 🐧
@iceaxeexpeditions
Disturbance at The Red Brick
I wanted to share a bit more about my photographs that are currently exhibited at the Red Brick center for the Arts.
All the remaining pieces at the gallery are now 20% off until the show goes down on February 23rd!
Disturbance is a photography project that I started working on three years ago, in the middle of a summer that was defined by pandemic lockdowns, wildfires, and smoke filled skies.
As the air quality was so bad that we couldn’t go about our daily activities, I started experiencing these weird feelings of depression. And the more I read about it I realized there are all these new terms that describe these feelings that are attributed to the changing environment, such as eco-anxiety and solastalgia. So in order to fight these feelings, I wanted to do something with my photography to convey these issues our valley is facing. If you follow me here on Instagram, you know that my photographs tend to be very colorful, showing sunsets, wildflowers, skiers; so presenting this project in black and white was a way for me to tell a different and more meaningful story. The different technical approaches in this project were my exploration of expressing grief about the changing environment. I kept the photographs of the destruction by wildfires in color, as they remind of those pretty photographs of nature that I usually take, but once you look closer you realize they are all photographs of burned forests.
My goal with this project was to raise awareness, but also show beauty of this place I’ve been fortunate to call home for the past decade.
Studies have shown that people feel apathy towards photographs of environmental destruction, in a way that those scenes make them feel like the fight for climate has already been lost. So instead of showing only destruction by wildfires, I also focus on the landscapes that haven’t been lost yet, but we are at stake to lose if we don’t take action.
In Colorado, and generally the American West, everything depend
The Aspen Pledge
Aspen is an inspiration. A community. A home. To not just extraordinary individuals, but to extraordinary natural spaces and wildlife. Here, ideas and art and progress are made possible by the endless inspiration found in nature. Here, our community is defined by all those who defy ordinary every single day.
I have really enjoyed making this video for Visit Aspen that encompasses the values of our community. A huge thank you to everyone in the video @lexaa_999 @parmenterjenny @erica.leafe @kalissastump @jswansonphoto @jonnosun @sandra.pr @catrios1 and many more!
@aspenco is donating $18.80 for each pledge signed!
www.aspenchamber.org/pledge
Sunrise bike ride for the 🎈views with @stevethepiraterrrr
#bethexperience #snowmassballoonfestival #snowmass #aspensnowmass
The show of the dancing balloons #snowmassballoonfestival
Fall is in the air 🍂
My video for Visit Aspen :
Winter in @aspenco ❄️ My newest video featuring @jordiekarlinski @annehamberger @stevethepiraterrrr @bersan_ski @thenewmadeline @brigit__k @marettej @jonathan_swartzwelter
#bethexperience #aspensnowmass #aspenco
Who’s ready for winter? 😁🙋♀️ #bethexperience #aspencolorado #aspensnowmass