High on a plateau in the El Carmen mountain range in the Mexican state of northern Coahuila some 30,000 acres of grassland waves in the arid winds of the Chihuahuan desert. Here, at sunset, a lone prickly pear offers contrast to this ocean of desert grassland.
Hasselblad 501 CM and Zeiss 50mm Distagon F4 lens. Fuji Velvia 50 ISO film.
Wyman Meinzer is the only official State Photographer of Texas. He was raised on League Ranch, a 27,000-acre ranch in the rolling plains of Texas. Since then, he has traveled across the state many times to capture the first and last rays of sunlight as they kiss the Texas landscapes.
He started his career as a professional predator hunter. He transitioned into a research associate for the university and now teaches a senior-level course in Special Problems Photography at Texas Tech University in addition to his ongoing book projects and freelance magazine assignments.