by Steven Higgs | Aug 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
I’d dreamed of applying my lifelong lessons pursuing Eliot Porter’s Intimate Landscape vision to Colombia’s Upper Amazon River for more than a half century when I finally made the opportunity in the summer 2024. As chronicled elsewhere, I purchased a collection of...
by Steven Higgs | Jul 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
Wildflower closeups are indeed the most intimate of all the intimate landscapes in the upland forests of Southern Indiana, the Hoosier National Forest, and the Charles C. Deam Wilderness. They’re also among the most challenging. They are tiny and fragile. They’re only...
by Steven Higgs | Jul 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
If the view from the Hickory Ridge Lookout Tower isn’t the most spectacular on the Hoosier National Forest’s 204,000 acres, it’s unquestionably the most expansive. Indeed, the 360-degree view from the tower cabin is reminiscent of our airborne approach to the...
by Steven Higgs | Jul 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
My relationships with urban deer began in my Herald-Times staff writer days in the late 1980s, when I discovered a New York Times Magazine article titled Rats with Hooves. I first encountered white tail deer on the streets of Bloomington circa 2010 by the old Sarkes...
by Steven Higgs | Jul 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
I broke my two-week post-North Pole Photo Fast on a rainy day drive through the Deam Wildlands with two of my three oldest friends, guys I’ve known since 1969 and reconnected with the past few years: Tom Diaz and Pete Katsaros. I also met my Limestone Post Revisiting...
