The Gift of Solitude

• Prize
  Silver in Press/Fashion
• Photographer
  Brian Sassmann, United States
• Studio
  Brian Sassmann Photography
• Instagram
  @bsassmann

I have long been in love with the vast deserts of New Mexico.
The solitude and desolation of the desert gives me a sense of profound peace. The ever-changing light captures my gaze and my imagination. The wind, dust, rock formations, plants and animals conjure up a sense of magic outside of the beauty we can see.
A silent sort of magic.
In Spanish and Indigenous cultures a Bruja is a woman who practices a religion called Brujería, often referred to as witchcraft. In this story our model took the form of a Bruja during our photoshoot.
We did this series of photographs in Abiquiu, New Mexico