nūbēs obscura (dark clouds) – a play on camera obscura, is the outcome of that meditation and journey; a melding of images Stephen saw during his backpacking traverse of Baffin Island during the worst arctic weather in decades – constant chilling rain and wind, many days with low clouds and fog which hampered visibility; which foiled his original plans for photographing the landscape. Despite his initial frustrations, somehow the constant clouds obscuring the views and peaks began to resonate with Stephen, he saw them as a metaphor for the loss of his vision and the transience of life; and sought to discover a beauty concealed in the gloom of vanishing peaks and descending cloud banks – a new way of seeing, different from the grand vistas, ultrasharp conventions of landscape photography. For more information: https://dissonanceonline.com/nubes-obscura/