The Path Less Traveled
by Kris Rasmusson
Title
The Path Less Traveled
Artist
Kris Rasmusson
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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In 2003 I took a Saturday morning photography field trip with Dan Henderson, one of Michigan’s best photographers and Fire Chief of our Holland fire department. It was Dan’s idea to go to a section of the Saugatuck Dunes where he and his kids had spent many an afternoon. We headed south out of Holland along 66th Street, a winding road that hugs the Lake Michigan shoreline. Parking Dan’s SUV next to Gilligan Lake, we ventured through the dune forest toward the beach. After a few minutes we came to the leeward side of the dunes which, because of it’s the downwind side, is much steeper than the windward side. Still recovering from recent hip replacement surgery, the climb up the dune was a challenge. It was worth the effort. Once up on the dune ridge we enjoyed a spectacular view of the Saugatuck Dunes and Lake Michigan. I noticed that the ridge subscribed a semicircle and overlooked a huge dip in the dunes. Dan said that his kids had named the area The Bowl. We then walked along the ridge, circumnavigating around The Bowl. On the northern side of the ridge I noticed a very steep path down the leeward side of the dunes that wound through dune grass and ended at the dune forest below. I decided to photograph the path from an angle that flattened out its downward trajectory. Because it was Autumn and the path was so steep, it hadn't been climbed for many a day and any footprints from ambitious hikers had been swept clean by the constant westward wind. It was indeed the path less traveled. I was lucky enough to have this photo, along with two others, selected for the very popular coffee table book The Saugatuck Dunes.
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January 19th, 2012
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