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Mohave County Lightning

By Beau Rogers

Photography

Issue 3, Fall 2018

Lightning strikes the top of a butte in the distance, coloring the night sky purple.

Lightning travels from cloud to cloud, silhouetting hills in the background.

About the artist

Beau Rogers grew up in northwest Arkansas, in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains, and enjoyed hiking, biking, camping, and swimming in lovely locations like Devil’s Den State Park, Blanchard Springs Caverns, and Beaver Lake. His love for the American West began in early childhood during his family’s annual trips to San Diego, California, to visit his aunt. During those family road trips, Beau visited the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and many other locations along the California coast. Beau, awestruck by the raw natural beauty he encountered there as a child, maintained a romantic outlook of the region: “I envisioned a life of unlimited possibility in the American West.”

After high school, Beau studied at the Art Institute of Dallas, earning his associate degree in photography and multimedia. He returned to Arkansas after graduation and worked at photo labs while breaking into photojournalism as a freelancer for the Associated Press, Topps, Inc., and various newspapers. In early 1997, during a jaunt on a whim to Arkansas’ Buffalo National River, Beau started experimenting with landscape photography.

Beau moved to Nevada in 2008 to pursue a master’s degree in English at the University of Nevada, Reno, and to refine his landscape photography in the crisp Western light. While taking graduate courses and teaching students, Beau discovered a greater passion for promoting conservation of the environment through education and photography. He is currently a Resident faculty English instructor in Bullhead City.