ANAHAD - Limitless Sound

The ‘trees’ are a representation of a natural forest. In a world where we are detached from the earth, where disconnecting from reality becomes a luxury, where innovation takes over simplicity, we forget. Nature will remain ‘she’ always will. Art by Stefano Casati from London, United Kingdom

Theodora 2048: The Robot Bride

Making art out of art. I have the unique opportunity to try and add a little "extra" to the beauty I get to see. It can be tricky when someone else has already created something so cool and unusual. But I try anyway! Art by xing zhan fromSan Jose, CA

ICHIRO Sacred Beings

You just mever know what you might see roaming around in deep playa. Art by Marianela Fuentes, Arturo Gonzalez and Sarahi Carrillo

Re-cyclone

Take cover bad weather moving in! As you move closer to this art installation you realize the installation is made from hundreds of plastic bottles carefully assembled into a rotating tornado. Each bottle was illuminated by an LED, creating a mesmerizing light show that reacts to the motion of participants spinning the sculpture. “RE-CYCLONE” is a captivating statement about the power of creativity to turn waste into beauty and created by San Francisco artists Martin Taylor and The Chromaforms Collective.

Slow down, you’re going too fast!

Life feels like it’s speeding out of control sometimes. Or maybe it just seems like that. This is the Great Train Wreck from 2018 by Collaborative Artisans - Reno & Sacramento, & Debby Brower

HYBYCOZO

According to the website HYBYCOZO.com, the Hyperspace Bypass Construction Zone, is a series of large scale installations and artworks that investigate geometric exploration through light, shadow, and perception.

The Temple of Grace

And she graced the playa with her presence. A beautiful delicate piece of art at Burning Man 2014.

Shelter for the storm

These delicate lotus flowers were a nice place to park it for a few.

Cool little scene on the playa

People meeting up and sharing an experience and having their minds blown

Catacomb of Veils

It's beauty was seen from within and can be seen for miles. One of the people behind this piece looks to the sky.

Awakening

Awakening is a large scale interactive steel sculpture of a human head and two hands emerging from the ground. The head and hands are 20ft tall and the hands are placed an “arms” length away from the head with palms facing inward, as if the giant being is looking at its hands for the first time.

Time for bubbles

As the blue hour draws to a close this little burner spreads her wings

Black Rock Lighthouse at dusk

A crystal like cluster of Lighthouses ranging from 6 to 60 foot tall and some leaning as much as 20 degrees. At night the Lighthouses truly came alive with fire, light, and a few other surprises. A couple of times I thought I had the wrong burn time and was watching it go up!

Dry playa, Black Rock City, Nevada

Dragon car on playa

This car roams around, handing out joy to those who see it. And if you have good timing, you might even catch flames coming from its mouth (true story!)

Larry Harvey as robot

This sculpture of Larry Harvey was approximately 8ft tall, 5-1/2 ft wide and weighed 3-4 tons. The bust included robot gears and mechanical works reflecting Larry's last designated theme for Burning Man 2018, "I Robot."

The Bijou in deep playa

Black Rock Bijou

El Pulpo Mechanico lights up the night

One of my favourites every year is "El Pulpo". A combination of art and technology melded together, it built knowing that it would be fun to watch as the giant cam spun up through the center moving the tentacles and eyes in and out while fire spewed from the tentacles and head. No hydraulics or computers were used in this contraption. It was built primarily out of recycled and used junk found from a local scrap yard.

Dusk on the playa

Mushrooms and lovers as dusk sets in on another great day at Burning Man. SHRUMEN LUMEN from Burning Man 2016

Burning Man 2013

This is an alternate image to one of my favourites from this year. I often go back and look through the hundreds of different images captured, to see if maybe I should share and not keep them to myself. This one was shot on my little pocket camera!

Deep playa break

Take a load off and rest up for the ride

The Man

This dude was 104 feet tall so you can imagine the blazing fire and flames on burn night. Crazy! This was our first burn and we were simply giddy.

FloBot

This art installation was by Jessica Levine. The description on BurningMan.org: Her roots correlate with all of the deepest parts of ourselves–the buried parts, which make us who we are. Exposing the roots and making them a part of the blossom at the top represents the idea that everything is an integral part of the whole self, even (and especially) the buried parts–not just the pretty flowery surface parts.

Riding along across the playa

Night time brings lights, action and fun to the playa

Year 2

Checking out center camp in 2013