Landscape photography has always been my escape from reality. But having to figure out how to be a landscape photographer in a place like the Midwest isn't easy. There is no epic mountain scenery or massive flowing waterfalls to focus on while you hone your craft. I had to find my own visual language to portray the emotions that I feel when I am out shooting. This daily work that I have created over the past 7 years is heavily tied to my compositional style and color palette, both of which are things I borrow from my other passion: Design. But probably the single most important element to any of my work is the atmosphere and emotion that I try to find in every scene that I capture.

Every single photograph in this collection was captured within 50 miles of where I currently live in Michigan, or where I grew up in rural Ohio. The vast majority of it was captured by waking up extra early before leaving for my full time job, or by waving goodbye to my family to go chase a sunset after dinner. It’s caused many fights and struggles, but overall I needed this little escape in my life in order to stay balanced.

As time went on and I got more into landscape photography I began to travel to all of those epic locations across the world that I always dreamed of visiting. But at the end of each trip I was faced with coming back home to the mundane, and it almost felt like I had to learn how to photograph it all over again. Years upon years of this led to Seasonal Affective Disorder hitting me regularly, a constant feeling of burnout. Sometimes I would go weeks at a time without touching a camera and other times I would push through and use my creativity to come out the other side, but one thing always remained steady: I was constantly documenting my surroundings and capturing similar scenes in unique ways and I found a lot of solace in that.

As I look back on 7 years of this daily work, I can't help but feel a bit overcome with emotion seeing all of it fit together like puzzle pieces into one big collection. Like this is what it was meant to be all along the way. Watching a constantly evolving landscape constantly change through 4 seasons year after year, is a special and rewarding experience. Some of the locations I photographed no longer exist at all. These images act as a time capsule taking me back to each moment of capture.

I will continue to photograph daily, but this collection of 1/1s will stand alone as a testament to the years I spent learning and honing my vision as an artist.

All images created 2014-2021

Seasonal #03

Seasonal #07

Seasonal #08

I felt time drift past slowly as the light left the valley. Caught up in a quiet and pensive moment amidst the towering giants of Zion National Park. As daylight turned to darkness the stars began to reveal themselves. Tiny burning  fires, millions of miles away... and yet still bright enough to stand out against a valley filled with the artificial light of passers-by. Scenes like this help me to understand our true place in the universe. Though small and insignificant we sometimes seem, we must always seek to earn our place amongst the stars.

Caught in a Moment

The Kiosk of Trajan is an unfinished open-air hypaethral temple located in Southern Egypt. Its exact history is unknown, but is attributed to Roman Emperor Trajan because he is depicted in the current decorations. This infinite loop is my ode to that unknown history. May your hidden origins be immortalized forever under the stars.

This is work #1 of a limited series based on images I made in Egypt in 2019.

576 frames, 2730 x 4096
Original Art & Music by Bryan Minear






The Pharaoh Sleeps

Seasonal #02

This image still feels like more of a distant dream rather than something I actually experienced in reality. I have made several attempts to chase the Pere Marquette 1225 when it makes its annual run each year, but this time was different. The flurries in the air and the moody overcast lighting created the perfectly cinematic scene that felt like something from my childhood imagination.

A portion of the sales will be donated to the Michigan Steam Railroading Institute.

Blowing Off Some Steam

Seasonal #21

Migrated to my own contract. All tokens are ERC-721. Actual volume traded: 8Ξ (as of 2/21/23
 
Seasonal is an exploration of the midwestern landscape told through unique 1/1 NFTs photographed over the course of 7 years. I have been photographing my surroundings daily for years as a form of daily therapy, but the Midwest isn't the easiest place to be a landscape photographer who is also a dad with a full time job. Photography has been the only way that I can overcome the Seasonal Affective Disorder that I deal with year over year.

Seasons are a unique thing. They add to the variation of an ever changing landscape, but they can also become monotonous, and endless cycle to feel stuck in. 

Each NFT has properties for a unique rarity scale based on things like location, style, subject, and process. There are a lot of hidden rarities across the collection that allowed me to inject my personality into this project.

Seasons:

🌱 Spring: 1-10
☀️ Summer: 11-20
🍂 Fall: 21-30
❄️  Winter: 31-40

Seasonal - Bryan Minear -  A Collection of 1/1 Landscape Photography from the Midwest

A lighthouse is a beacon for navigation, a constant source of light and direction. It stands strong against a barrage of turbulent wind and water. The perfect symbol of safety for a wary traveler. 

So often in life we feel adrift, scared, or alone but we must keep moving forward. Holding fast hope that through the inevitable chaos crashing all around, we will fight through the haze, and find the signal to guide us home. 

∞

The Signal

SuperRare

One hundred & fifty-nine seconds. That is the amount of time I had to capture totality from the 2017 solar eclipse. We spent 2 weeks planning, 10+ hours driving, and 3 days on the ground scouting to find the perfect location.

2 hours before totality, clouds began to form on the horizon and were moving directly into our path. In a full blown panic, we had to decide whether to stay or try to out maneuver the clouds. We stayed and were rewarded by this unbelievable flamelike corona.

When I posted this image to instagram, it spread like wildfire. It was stolen, remixed, and reposted thousands of times all across the internet. The original post now sits with 85K+ likes and continues to be shared. It is impossible to maintain, so this is my attempt to regain control of the uncontrollable. 

Upon the sale of this NFT I grant full worldwide rights to whoever wants to download, distribute, and sell this image with no permission needed.

Full details at https://eclipse.photo

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