Burning Man 2005

I am finally getting a chance to process some of the photos from the 2005 Burning Man event. The event was a great deal of fun, but also can be a very overwhelming event as well. There is a lot going on at all hours of the day and night. The problem of being there as a photographer is that you spend all your time looking for "the shot". There is so many great shots in terms of the artwork and the people dressed up in costumes. Unfortunately, this can separates you from the experience. It is unnatural for the photographer to put down his camera, but after 3 days of shooting I put the camera away for the most part in order to enjoy the experience.

This is a shot of a sculpture which I am calling the "Face of Burning Man". I never did find out the name of the art piece. This was shot during the day, but at night it took on a whole new personality. The artist had set up a tent in front of the sculpture with a projector. You could go in and put your face in a jig and your face would be projected on the larger face. Combined with music and morphed in background imagery, it created a perfect forum for those brave souls looking for soup box in the middle of the Nevada desert. The artist's friend had this whole comedy routine about an alien coming from the planet of the big heads and trial and tribulations of having a big head such as needing giant reefers. Very funny stuff.