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CLOSING THIS SUNDAY! This #infrared photograph debuted in our #LandArtifacts exhibition at @moahlancaster. The show closes this Sunday with the museum open 11-6 all weekend. I'll be there on Sunday after 1:30pm to greet my last minute friends! . Osceola Refetoff, Windblown Sand - Infrared Exposure - Highway 136 North of Keeler, CA . #desertdispatches #ospix #desertscape desolate, #dreamlike #elmarit24mm #handheld #kcetartbound #landartifacts #leicam8 #moahlancaster #owenslake #sandstorm #wideformat #windstorm #windblown #museumexhibit #museumopening #museum #aridlandscape #californiadesert #deserthighway #mojavedesert #roadtrip www.ospix.com (at Lancaster Museum of Art and History - MOAH)

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Fun night at the @lapressclub SoCal Journalism Awards. @ShanaNys Dambrot won for her @laweekly profile on @viggomortensensart. I won Best Feature Photo and Best Photo Series, plus 2nd place Photojournalist of the Year – all for work on @KCET Artbound. @wstrnmoov, my writing partner on High & Dry won 3rd place for Environmental Reporting. 📸 Photo credits: @billybennight (left) and #FrancesAnderton @kcrwdna (right). Frances won several awards including 1st place for Investigative Journalism at KCRW. 🔥 #ospix #powercouple #desertdispatches #journalism #awardsgala #awardwinner #journalismawards #lapressclub #mydayinla www.desertdispatches.com www.ospix.com (at Millennium Biltmore Los Angeles) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzYyqsnAmUe/?igshid=iqbnmo4xtv7

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Osceola Refetoff, Trailer off Schabbell Lane - Fort Independence, CA - July 4, 2011 . On the 4th of July, 2011, I explored what appeared to be an abandoned double-wide trailer on the Indian reservation in Fort Independence, California. The original fort was established in 1862, during the Owens Valley Indian War that deprived indigenous Shoshone and Paiute peoples access to lands for which their culture knew no concept of ownership. After capturing this image, an Indian woman appeared at the door and asked me to leave her property. My work often involves trespassing into what appear to be abandoned structures. I often experience a sense of remorse amongst the ruined homes and discarded processions of inhabitants long absent and forgotten. But on this particular day, America’s Independence Day, I felt an exceptional sorrow for those whose land was expropriated by a young nation with great aspirations. Just fifty years later, the City of Los Angeles would buy up large parcels of the Owens Valley in order to make off with much of its water, leaving the valley's new residents without the means to sustain their farms. I returned to my car and later attended the parade through the town of Independence, just a few miles up the highway. There was much to reflect upon our nation’s complex history. I feel this image captures the sensation of being an interloper and a voyeur, bearing witness to a scene that can never be fully comprehended. . #desertdispatches #ospix #abandonedhome #abandoned structure #californiadesert #colorphotography #desertruin #easternsierraCA #forsakendreams #ftindependenceCA #graphic #humanlegacy #humanhabitation #humantrace #indianreservation #inyocounty #lightbulb #magicandrealism #mirror #mojavedesert #reflection #rural #smalltown #squareformat #usa #wallpaper www.desertdispatches.com www.ospix.com (at Fort Independence Travel Plaza)

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#jackrabbithomesteads of #LakeLosAngeles. #ospix #desertdispatches #desertlandscapephotography #symmetry #keeplancasterweird (at Lake Los Angeles, California)

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CLOSING THIS SUNDAY! This #infrared photograph debuted in our #LandArtifacts exhibition at @moahlancaster. The show closes this Sunday with the museum open 11-6 all weekend. I'll be there on Sunday after 1:30pm to greet my last minute friends! . Osceola Refetoff, Windblown Sand - Infrared Exposure - Highway 136 North of Keeler, CA . #desertdispatches #ospix #desertscape desolate, #dreamlike #elmarit24mm #handheld #kcetartbound #landartifacts #leicam8 #moahlancaster #owenslake #sandstorm #wideformat #windstorm #windblown #museumexhibit #museumopening #museum #aridlandscape #californiadesert #deserthighway #mojavedesert #roadtrip www.ospix.com (at Lancaster Museum of Art and History - MOAH)

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People tell me I don't post enough of my art #photography on #Instagram. That’s probably true. I mostly use the outlet for in the moment snapshots from my daily life. This one was not taken on my phone 😉 On exhibit THRU THIS SUNDAY ONLY at @moahlancaster. . Osceola Refetoff, Water Tank - Lone Pine, CA - 2013 (First printed 2018) . #ospix #desertdispatches #blackandwhitephotography #monochromatic #artexhibit #contemporaryart #laartscene #losangelesart #losangelesartist #museumexhibit #museum #arid #californiadesert #bureauoflandmanagement #clouds #cloudporn #desertlandscapephotography #environmentalissues #mojavedesert #viewscape #California #LonePine #OwensValley www.ospix.com (at Lone Pine, California)

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Install detail - "High & Dry: Land Artifacts" exhibition OPENING THIS SATURDAY May 12, 4-6pm (thru July 15) at @moahlancaster. The solo exhibit includes artifacts from the museum’s #permanentcollection. Huge thank you to the entire #MOAH staff for the amazing install! . #ospix #desertdispatches#blackandwhitephotography#monochromatic #infraredphotography#artexhibit #artexhibition#contemporaryart #losangelesart#losangelesartist #museum#museumexhibit #museumopening#aridlandscape #californiadesert #clouds#desertlandscapephotography#environmentalissues #mojave#mojavedesert #California #LancasterCA#OwensValley #USA www.ospix.com www.desertdispatches.com (at Lancaster Museum of Art and History - MOAH)

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Just finished a large format print of this infrared exposure. The image will first be exhibited at my MOAHlancaster #soloshow, part of the project High & Dry. The entire exhibit will be black & white infrared photographs exploring the meaning of things we leave behind in the desert. . Osceola Refetoff, Boarded-Up Farmhouse with Watchful Horse - Infrared Exposure - Bishop CA - 2016 . #desertdispatches, #ospix #agriculture #abandonedhome #bishopCA #desolate #easternsierra #farm #horse #humanlegacy #inyocounty #irrigation #kcetartbound #wideformat #blackandwhitephotography #infraredphotography #FujifilmGFX #artexhibition #museumexhibit #museumopening #aridlandscape #californiadesert #desertlandscapephotography #environmentalissues #mojavedesert #California www.desertdispatches.com, www.ospix.com

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High & Dry is delighted to announce our latest #DesertDispatch exploring the former Whittaker-Bermite Power Co, a longtime munitions manufacturer located in #SantaClarita, CA. . High & Dry is a longterm collaboration between writer/historian Christopher Langley and photographer Osceola Refetoff exploring the #CaliforniaDesert and the people who live there. . Read it here: www.desertdispatches.com/blog/2018/2/whittaker-bermite-part-1 . Osceola Refetoff, Room with Billowing Plastic – Administration Building – Whittaker-Bermite Site – Santa Clarita, CA – 2017 . #ospix #desertdispatches #californiahistory #desertlife #colorphotography #blackandwhitephotography #infraredphotography #documentaryphotography #photojournalism #environmentalissues #California #USA @locationmanagersguild @outdoorwriterca (at Santa Clarita, California)

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Osceola Refetoff, Blue Boxcar - Pinhole Exposure - Mojave CA - 2010 . #desertdispatches, #ospix #boxcar #californiadesert #clouds #colorphotography #desertlandscapephotography #desertscape #desolate #digitalpinholephotography #dreamlike #graphic #humanenterprise #humantrace #kerncounty #leicam8 #magicandrealism #mojaveCA #mojavedesert #mountains #powerlines #railroadtracks #surreal #sunset #train #travel #transportation #usa www.desertdispatches.com www.ospix.com (at Mojave, California)

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Busy day for High & Dry! First a meeting with @ccjao and @justin_cram at @kcet’s #Artbound, and now a meeting at @moahlancaster with #curator @acprojects. Looking forward to linking the two outstanding #culturalinstitutions by way of our #artexhibition a #MOAH next May. . #ospix #californiadesert #mojavedesert #roadtrip #publicengagement www.ospix.com #desertdispatches www.desert dispatches @wstrnmoov (at KCET)

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#ohareinternationalairport: earning its #worlds busiest moniker every day. #ospix #ospix #desertdispatches #blackandwhitephotography #monochromatic #infraredphotography #colorphotography #locationscouting #mydayinla #ospix #colorphotography #airport #chicago #travel #usa #sunset #window #armchairinthesky (at Chicago O'Hare International Airport)

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US #postoffice #DarwinCalifornia. One of the more remote outposts in the #EasternSierra. The 2010 census notes 43 souls, but I believe the current population is less than half of that. #ospix #desertdispatches #locationscouting #roadtrip #Americana #Americanflag (at Darwin, California)

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Site of the ICE/AMMO sign in #MojaveCalifornia. An employee told me the sign was destroyed in a windstorm. Wouldn't surprise me - #Mojave is notoriously window. I was told the owner is considering replacing the #sign. #ospix #desertdispatches #signage #liqourstore #locationscouting @locationmanagersguild (at Mojave Liquor)

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Sky Desert Truck - Infrared Exposure - Highway 395 Near Coso Junction CA - 2012. . #desertdispatches #ospix #18wheeler #blackandwhitephotography #blur #highway395 #californiadesert #clouds #darkdeserthighway #desertlandscapephotography #desertscape #desolate #digitalinfraredphotography #easternsierra #elmarit24mm #fixedfocuslens #flirtingwithdisaster #freeway #graphic #handheld #horizon #linfraredphotography @kcetartbound #kerncounty #leicam8 #mojavedesert #mountains #primelens #road #roadtrip #sierranevada #sky #transportation #travel #tractortrailer #truck #usa #viewscape #viewshed www.desertdispatches.com . © Osceola Refetoff - www.ospix.com (at Coso Junction, California)

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Exploring the NE side of the @cityoflancasterca for #HighandDry. This #fixerupper appears to have been painted for a movie or art project. #ospix #desertdispatches #desertlandscapephotography #desertlife #desertcouch (at Lancaster, California)