Mark Newsham, Franklin River The Great Ravine (PLACES WILDERNESS 2022)

My whole adult life I have wanted to paddle the Franklin River. I grew up in a house with No Dams stickers on the fridge and as a teenager the Franklin took on a mythical status to me. To finally visit in 2021 and spend ten days on the river was a close to a pilgrimage for me that any trip in to the wilderness could be. To photograph it each morning and afternoon was a bonus but also something that was extreme. It was probably one of the most difficult environments I have ever taken a camera into.

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