Gordon portrays a deep understanding and relationship to what some might consider as pedestrian images. His points of view and sense of the desert light reveal a desert icon plant in human terms.
Matt Katz, Broughton Quarterly
The Cambridge Dictionary defines a denizen as “an animal, plant, or person that lives in or is often in a particular place.” Plants of arid wildlands that occupy and often define certain geographic and ecological niches always drew me, whether they are a petite Joshua Tree, a tall columnar Saguaro cactus, or a monstrous Munz's cholla. The often Seussian nature of these characters beckons my imagination and camera. And like the artist behind the lens, these are highly evolved organisms who have over time and with minimal water adapted to their preferred habitats. Despite their limited range, some of these iconic species are now known around the world.
