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High & Dry

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High & Dry is a long-term collaboration between photographer Osceola Refetoff and writers Christopher Langley and Jack Eidt. Together they explore the desert and the people who live there.

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The town of Trona, CA is experiencing economic challenges. Artist collective High and Dry meet with its residents who remain stalwart in the face of adversity.
Fossil Falls Unimproved Campsite off CA Highway 395 - Fossil Falls, CA 2015
Artist duo High & Dry document the Fossil Falls desert landscape -- a region once occupied by heavy volcanic activity.
Fossil Falls, CA
We are now living in the Anthropocene where no landscape is untouched by human intention. What does the altered geography truly say about the human spirit?
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Lancaster intends to become the net zero city of the future. Once filled with alfalfa fields, now solar systems crop up in the city.
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Artist duo High and Dry talks to the Hudsons, a Trona couple who have been together for 60 years, and learn about changes the town has faced.
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A large number of green energy projects are popping up in the California desert. Artists High & Dry contemplate their connection to the myth of the American West.
"Freight Train." Salton Sea, CA. 2014. | Photo: Osceola Refetoff.
The Salton Sea-adjacent town of Brawley is recuperating from a massive fire. Writer/ photographer duo High & Dry visit with community members who have not given up.
"Poles and Dirt Circle No. 1," infrared exposure. Salton Sea, CA. 2014. | Photo: Osceola Refetoff.
The Salton Sea is full of questions. Writer/ photographer duo High & Dry explore abandoned, mysterious ruins found off the Red Hill Marina.
"Dead Tree, Nests & Thermal Plants," infrared exposure. Salton Sea, CA. 2014. | Photo: Osceola Refetoff.
Collective High & Dry walk along the shores of the Salton Sea, examining birds, plants, and other living beings that rely on the shrinking body of water.
"Freeway Entrance." North of Lancaster, CA. 2012. | Photo: Osceola Refetoff.
Writer/ photographer duo High & Dry travel through the alphabet avenues of Lancaster. They make a stop at the green energy Sierra SunTower station and come across the city's Landfill & Recycling Center.
"Curve at Horizon," infrared exposure. Garlock, CA. 2012. | Photo: Osceola Refetoff.
Writer/ photographer duo High & Dry list locations with art that Burning Man attendees can explore on their way home from the annual week-long event.
Rafael Diaz Grave, Pioneer Cemetery. Infrared Exposure. Mt. Whitney in background far right. Lome Pine, CA. 2013. | Photo: Osceola Refetoff.
Lone Pine, CA has a killer view. Writer/ photographer duo High & Dry muse upon its cemeteries, and the people who long to be buried in them.
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