Jamason Chen The layers of the landscape from near to far and low to high dramatically visualize how the human society has been built and sustained.
A historic storm system prompted the National Weather Service to issue the first blizzard warning in the Los Angeles area since 1989. Snowmageddon 2023 brought heavy snow, flooding and white out conditions to the local mountains; dropping down to elevation levels that rarely see snow. This photo composition captured the essence of a city vs. nature juxtaposition. A telephoto lens was used to compress the industrial landscape spanning from the refinery and city skyline to the beautiful snowcapped San Gabriel Mountains as the first morning light blasted onto the scene.