THE Quiet Frontier

Gold & Silver Country
Sierra Nevada

Gold, Dust, and Silence

In November ’26, we’ll work through this terrain as a small, deliberate group — across desert basins, high plains, and historic corridors of settlement. Over six nights, the session traces the connective tissue of the American road: faded motels, hand-lettered vacancy signs, roadside chapels, rusted mining infrastructure, and towns built for movement rather than permanence. We’ll follow secondary routes and transitional spaces where evidence remains and the landscape carries its own memory — working with attention rather than spectacle, building images that hold together as a body of work rather than stand alone.

Led by photographers who have spent years navigating the region’s lesser-known routes, the work unfolds across desert basins, high plains, and historic corridors of movement throughout the Sierra Nevada and Great Basin. We move deliberately, favoring secondary landscapes, transitional spaces, and the quiet evidence of ambition and abandonment. Exact locations are shared only with registered participants, allowing the session to remain responsive to conditions and grounded in observation rather than expectation.

“I’ve traveled and photographed with Eric for nearly a decade. He moves deliberately, pays attention to systems and edges, and consistently puts himself — and the people around him — in places that matter.”

— Stephane Couture, Los Angeles

Throughout the week, we follow the American road as it thins and frays — faded motels, hand-lettered vacancy signs, roadside chapels, rusted mining infrastructure. Towns built for movement rather than permanence.

“Touring with Eric means working without spectacle. He’s easy-going, thoughtful about how people work, and creates both physical and mental space for serious photographic practice.”

— William McIntosh, Placentia, CA