IrwinFoto

A gallery of photos by Mike Irwin

  • Biking Dune | Trinidad, WA | 2017

    The kid couldn’t have been more than 12 years old, yet he was a master of mountain biking. He tirelessly pedaled, braked, sledded and soared on the dune, clearly intent on etching his presence across every patch of sand. I wanted to ask him why, but he (more…)

  • Drain | East Wenatchee, WA | 2017

    A tiny black ant scouts for meaning and purpose — OK, maybe food — on the vast porcelain bowl of our bathroom sink. The faucet emits one drop of water every six seconds, which — if timed perfectly — is enough to wash the ant down the drain. A life changed instantly by a quirk of fate. If the ant drowns immediately, then game over. But if the ant (more…)

  • Pears | East Wenatchee, WA | 2017

    “Slice a pear and you will find that its flesh is incandescent white. It glows with inner light. Those who carry a (more…)

  • Optometrist’s Office | Spokane, WA | 2017

    “For I dipped into the future,

    Far as human eye could see,

    Saw the vision of (more…)

  • Architecture | Spokane, WA | 2017

    All architecture is shelter. All great architecture is the design of (more…)

  • Bench | Wenatchee, WA | 2017

    “Each of us needs to withdraw from the worries that will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or (more…)

  • Cloud Study # 4 | Badger Mountain, WA | 2017

    “Nature is impersonal, awe-inspiring, elegant, eternal. It’s geometrically perfect. It’s tiny and gigantic. You can travel far to be in a beautiful natural setting, or you can observe it in (more…)

  • Private Entrance | Wenatchee, WA | 2017

    “Doors are funny things. Some lead to somewhere exciting and wonderful, while others lead to the mundane and ordinary. Some, because they are gaudy and ornate, usher us into the land of greed and money. Many look unassuming and plain, yet hidden behind their simplicity we can find (more…)

  • Winter Poplars | Palisades, WA | 2017

    “Black and white is abstract; color is not. Looking at a black and white photograph, (more…)

  • Suit Coat | Wenatchee, WA. | 2017

    “Now I’m way into suits that I can put on whether I took a shower or not, and wear barefoot, and paint my toes black or (more…)