Wayne Martin Belger

New project.
“State of the Union” focuses on abandoned American flags.
20 years wandering the Southwest, I found these flags in abandoned, forgotten homes across the Mojave Desert,
42”x56” in a series of 6
30”x40” in a series of 10
#waynemartinbelger #waynemartinbelgerstudio #stateoftheunionproject

13.05.2025 15:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

For Centuries, Indigenous People Lived in These Desert Canyons. Now, New Technology Reveals Extraordinary Details About This Sacred Site In the Arizona desert, researchers are uncovering extraordinary details about the peoples who have inhabited this land since antiquity

Here’s a link to the online version of the feature.

www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cany...

#waynemartinbelgerstudio #waynemartinbelger #smithsonianmagazine #canyondechelly #leica #leicasf_feature #navajonation #mummycave #waynemartinbelgercameras #fujigfx100s #canyondechelly #navajonation

12.02.2025 22:31 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

For Centuries, Indigenous People Lived in These Desert Canyons. Now, New Technology Reveals Extraordinary Details About This Sacred Site In the Arizona desert, researchers are uncovering extraordinary details about the peoples who have inhabited this land since antiquity

Here’s a link to the online version of the feature.

www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cany...

#waynemartinbelgerstudio #waynemartinbelger #smithsonianmagazine #canyondechelly #leica #leicasf_feature #navajonation #mummycave #waynemartinbelgercameras #fujigfx100s #canyondechelly #navajonation

12.02.2025 22:31 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

I set up a medium format 102 megapixel, Fuji GFX 100s camera before the sun went down. Then at 3:30AM I shot 15 exposures with each exposure being 13 seconds long. Later I stacked all the exposures together, filling in what the human eye couldn’t see creating the Smithsonian Magazine cover photo.

12.02.2025 22:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

For Centuries, Indigenous People Lived in These Desert Canyons. Now, New Technology Reveals Extraordinary Details About This Sacred Site In the Arizona desert, researchers are uncovering extraordinary details about the peoples who have inhabited this land since antiquity

I also got the cover shot! (My first Smithsonian Magazine cover!!! 😁)
I spent the night a 100feet up in the cave dwelling Tse Yaa Kin to capture the Milky Way with the ancient dwellings. To do this I had to calculate when the Galactic Core of the Milky Way will be in right position for the photo.

12.02.2025 22:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Came out TODAY!

The March 2025 issue of Smithsonian Magazine features an eleven page photo essay titled “In the Canyon of the Ancients” that I shot with in the Navajo Nation in the beautiful Canyon de Chelly.

12.02.2025 22:31 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you babe!!! ❤️❤️❤️

12.02.2025 16:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hi!!!!!
I’m Wayne.
Just joined BlueSky.
Obviously….
I make stuff.

31.01.2025 03:19 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 4    📌 0