South Dakota photographer Carter Nelson braves the salt (and his truck’s undercarriage) for a sun-bleached film portrait of Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats.
“I took this photo out on the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah. As soon as I left, I spent over half an hour washing the salt out of every nook and cranny of my truck. Once I got my film developed though, I realized it was worth it.”
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About the photographer
Carter Nelson is a photographer from Canton, South Dakota, who focuses mainly on landscape and architecture. He mostly shoots roll film these days, while also making a return to digital photography.
He got serious about photography in 2022, when his mom let him borrow her camera to document a road trip through the Southwest, and he has been hooked ever since, centering his life around taking photos for the past few years alongside a day job.
He loves to travel and shoot new places, but his focus has increasingly shifted to photographing his home state of South Dakota.
