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Basic Jones

Enjoy the world of photography through the eyes and mind of Dewitt Jones. In Basic Jones, Dewitt explores the experience of capturing images and the impact photography has on life.



Conversations With A Tortoise


Discovering what makes the Galápagos so special


Conversations With A TortoiseAzure blue water, a ballet of puffy clouds, sand so white it hurts my eyes. Squinting, I scan the beach. I can see 50 seals in one direction and at least that many in the other. A hundred iguana cling to rocks along the tideline. A dozen frigate birds float overhead. Am I dreaming?
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And The Meadow Said...


Being the best for the world


And The Meadow Said...Every four years, our country descends into the craziness of a presidential campaign. Perhaps I’m just getting old and cynical, but it seems that each time another one rolls around, we as a people disintegrate further into the politics of polarization and anger.
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Practice Makes Magic


When things don’t work out at first, try again until they do


Practice Makes MagicMolokai’s Mo’omomi Beach stretched out before me in the pearlescent predawn light. Giant waves threw themselves onto the lava-lined shore. What a shot this would be when the sun rose. The only problem—I could barely open the car door! The wind howled and the ocean spray coated the windshield with a thick layer of salt.
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