After decades of wandering the Rocky Mountain West with Nikons in hand, they’re finally here: Blue Hour Journal Zines.

Blue Hour Journal Zines are concise, inspiring digital magazines designed to visually share select regions of the country I’ve had the privilege to visit. Packed with quality images and a little text for background, they are the culmination of  decades of photographs, an intense curiosity of what’s around the next bend, a lot of gas in the car and film in the cameras, and the desire to self-publish in a format easily attainable by everyone. Imagine… a magazine with no ads.

Issue no.1: Badlands, focuses on a special visit to South Dakota’s Badlands National Park one late autumn afternoon. After a clearing storm, light was magical, revealing colors in the park that were nothing like one might expect looking through typical imagery of the area. Badlands is a short, beautiful photo essay of an area that’s often overlooked and under appreciated.

Issue no.2: Nebraska. Nebraska, as some would say, is ‘where the west begins.’ Inspired by Arthur Chapman’s poem, “Out Where the West Begins,” Nebraska represents the beginning of something more… After years of driving back and forth through, the desire to explore Nebraska as its own destination grew, leading to discovery of the small towns and people of this great state.