this photograph was taken in glacier national park in early november. after 7+ miles of uphill, slow travel due to 18 inches of fresh snow, i pulled out my camera close to the summit and loaded in a fresh roll of kodak film and began shooting. i hadn’t seen another human all day and my water had frozen inside of my pack, but deciding to take out my camera at the trail’s end, despite the harsh conditions, allows me now to look back on this moment. alone, weathered, but joyful.