August 2023 – Tom Patterson – Photographer – Writer

Canaries in My Coal Mine

Prologue Back in the days before Electronic Early Warning Systems, coal miners would take a canary in a cage, down with them into the mines. If the canary stopped singing and fell over dead, they knew it meant “Warning-get Out Now!”. I use this as a metaphor. We each live in our own coal mineContinue reading “Canaries in My Coal Mine”

About Tom

My dad bought me my first camera, when I was nine. We were in Jackson Hole Wyoming, in our little 15 foot Shasta travel trailer on summer vacation. Our destination – Yellowstone National Park! He bought two of them, one for me and one for my little brother, Pat. He paid for the little BrownieContinue reading “About Tom”