of Solitude

2003-2020

Following the path of solitude I have experienced freedom and strength, but also encountering depression and loneliness along the way. I have tamed a beast called anxiety and climbed from a pit of guilt.

These images are a conversation between the duality of solitude that can be both salvation and scourge, deliverance and death, and healing and harmful. It wields a mighty double edged sword.

Photography is my first language. These pictures translate as my journey; the poems as my journal.

Some of the images in this collection were used to create my book “of Solitude”

A black and white fine art spread from the book "of Solitude" by Parker Pfister.

A dramatic black and white fine art photograph capturing a lone figure standing with outstretched arms on a dark, rocky shore in Iceland, surrounded by towering sea stacks and crashing waves under an overcast sky.

A black and white fine art photograph of a rolling hillside cemetery in New Mexico covered with dozens of simple wooden crosses, with a lone silhouette of a person standing on the horizon under a dramatic, cloudy sky.

Long exposure black and white fine art photograph capturing a silhouette of a person spinning a glowing lasso of light above their head amidst dark desert rock formations in Arches National Park, underneath a vast, dramatic starry night sky.

A powerful black and white fine art photograph showing a tiny silhouette of a person standing on a dark, rocky shore before the immense, roaring cascade of Skógafoss waterfall in Iceland, highlighting the dramatic scale and mist of the landscape.

A black and white fine art photograph looking up through the dense, leafy branches of a backyard tree, capturing a young girl hanging playfully by one arm from a low limb near a tire swing.

Black and white fine art photograph of a nude figure nestled inside a small, hollowed-out opening of a massive boulder in a desert landscape, with a lone joshua tree standing nearby against a clear sky.

Long exposure black and white fine art photograph capturing sand cascading down smooth, sweeping striated rock layers inside a dark Antelope canyon, creating a fluid, abstract motion effect.

Black and white fine art photograph of a lone figure standing on a vast expanse of snow, looking toward a dark, isolated grove of evergreen trees under an overcast sky.

A poignant black and white fine art photograph of a young, shirtless boy crouched down inside a thick patch of tall, wild grass in an open field, holding his hands over his ears with his head down, set against a background of dense trees.

A dramatic black and white fine art photograph of a lone person high in mid-swing on a minimalist metal swing set, captured against a vast, empty field and a massive, heavy blanket of dark storm clouds in South Dakota.

A high-contrast black and white fine art photograph capturing perfect concentric ripples expanding across a water surface, blending with the sharp, complex reflection of dense tree branches and Spanish moss overhead.

A minimalist color fine art photograph capturing a single, delicate bird feather resting gently on the ground amidst textured blades of wild grass.

A somber black and white fine art photograph capturing a flat stone grave marker embedded in the wild grass of an Appalachian cemetery in North Carolina, with a historical designation clearly etched into its weathered surface.

A fine art photograph capturing an old, weathered wooden boat overturned on a snowy, grassy shore in Iceland, looking out over a dark body of water toward massive, snow-capped mountains under a dramatic sky with a lone bird in flight.

A sweeping black and white fine art photograph of a massive, heavily textured glacier valley in Iceland. A lone silhouette of a person stands high on a dark, steep rocky ridge on the left, looking out over the vast, rugged expanses of glacial ice.

A surreal fine art in-camera double exposure photograph blending the back of a woman wearing a wide-brimmed cowboy hat with a sweeping landscape of the snow-capped Colorado Rockies under a soft, cloud-filled sky.

A minimalist fine art photograph capturing a solitary, small yellow house with a bright green roof and blue foundation, surrounded by a simple wooden post fence line in a vast, snow-covered winter landscape in Iceland under an overcast sky.

A candid, atmospheric fine art photograph capturing a young boy standing alone at the edge of a paved suburban driveway. Tall, mature trees line the background, casting soft, dappled shadows across the scene under a quiet, overcast sky.

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