Growing up in France, my previous wilderness experiences were limited to the icy peaks of the Alps. After arriving in America, I was immediately drawn to the extraordinary natural diversity offered by the US National Parks. I felt the spiritual need to share the sense of wonder and passion inspired by those lands.

On a more abstract level, I was interested in the individual character of each place; how each one represents a set of unique ecosystems, yet collectively, all are interrelated and interconnected like a giant jigsaw puzzle. To perform those comparative studies, I spent the past quarter-century photographing each of the 63 national parks with typological depth, returning at different seasons and traveling far into the backcountry. Within the five series, each image is from a different national park. They leverage a variety of photographic approaches, as we move through different scales.

The microscopic is revealed using computer-controlled field equipment that makes sharp enlargements of a hundred times possible, and the cosmic is touched on thanks to advances in digital photography that help capture pinpoint stars. In between, we look straight under our feet for an overlooked view. For the two landscape series, I had found the perfect tool in the 5x7 large format camera. Its unparalleled descriptive power and the deliberate mind it requires helped me to communicate how the land reveals itself to a viewer in a state of heightened awareness. The visually complex and widely encompassing, yet detail-laden images, invite us to have a closer look that allows us to stand before the landscape as if we were there ourselves, entering through different doors and exploring different rooms of a dear home that really matters to us all.