Death Valley

January 13, 2009 ·

Michael Reichmann

This subject is featured inIssue #1of The Luminous Landscape Video Journal

Death Valley is a place of myth, history and stark beauty. For the landscape photographer there are few places in the American Southwest that offer so much variety and contrast in such a relatively small area. I have now shot there twice, 2 years apart. Additional images from my most recent visit in 1999 can be foundhere.

Getting There and Where to Stay

The Valley is about a 3 hour drive from Las Vegas. The quickest route is to take Interstate 95 to Beatty, Nevada and then Highway 374 into the Valley. There are two "towns" within the Valley, Stove Pipe Wells and Furnace Creek. Accommodations range from luxurious to basic. I've stayed in Stovepipe Wells (760) 786-2387 because it's more convenient to the Sand Dunes, which are just a few miles away.

The Dunes

Sculptured Dunes — Death Valley CA, 1997

The Dunes run north/south and are best photographed a...

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Michael Reichmann is the founder of the Luminous Landscape. Michael passed away in May 2016. Since its inception in 1999 LuLa has become the world's largest site devoted to the art, craft, and technology of photography. Each month more than one million people from every country on the globe visit LuLa.

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