Ride of Silence
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3rd place for Photo Essay in the 2018 National Newspaper Editorial Contest.
2017 in Visual Review: Michael Smit
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2017 Visual Year in Review at the Daily Independent newspaper in Ridgecrest, California.
The desert around town is blooming
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2017 super-bloom in the Indian Wells Valley, California.