DESOLATION WILDerNESS IS A PROTECTED WILDerNESS AREA NEAR THE THE EL DORADO NATIONAL FOREST AND LAKE TAHOE. BEFORE THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT THIS AREA WAS USED BY WASHOE TRIBE, A GREAT BASIN TRIBE OF NATIVE AMERICANS. TODAY IS A BEAUTIFUL SERENE LOCATION FOR MANY BACKPACKING TRAILS. THE HUGE GRANITE ROCK FORMATIONS CREATE ITS CHARACTER AND BEAUTY.
OUR TEAM OF STYLIST TESSA WATSON ALONG WITH MODEL OLIVIA LA ROCHE AND PHOTOGRAPHER DANIEL DENT WENT BACKPACKING TO THIS AMAZING LOCATION TO CREATE A SUBTLE EDIT WITH OUR NIKA TANG DESIGNS.
re·flec·tion - /rəˈflekSH(ə)n/
NOUN
1. THE THROWING BACK BY A BODY OR SURFACE OF LIGHT, HEAT, OR SOUND WITHOUT ABSORBING IT
2. SERIOUS THOUGHT OR CONSIDERATION
"WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE NEW PERSPECTIVES"
EACH PIECE IS A JUXTAPOSITION OF BRILLIANT COLORS WITH SUBDUED ELEMENTS.
WE WANTED TO CREATE A QUESTION AND A DIALOGUE.
BEING SINGULAR AND APART.
WE FIND OUR HEIGHTS AND OUR CENTER, AMONGST UNEVEN ROCKS.
WE TRIED TO REACH THE APEX. THE GROUND WAS UNSTABLE AND THE HIGH NOON WAS HEATING UPON US.
ALWAYS THIS QUESTION ............... WHERE AM I? WHO AM I?