Driftwood tangled in incoming surf at dusk, long exposure in black and white.

Photography

Shane Roepe

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Slowing life to

STILLS.

Selected Landscapes Wildlife Driftwood Savannah Barcelona Cities Maine Hot Springs

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Selected

Twelve frames that earn the wall.

Driftwood on the beach at dawn, still water reflection — Driftwood, Dawn

Two bald cypress trees in autumn color at the lake edge — Cypress Pair

Great blue heron wading at the water's edge — Heron

Container ship passing under the Talmadge Bridge at sunset, Savannah — Savannah River

Stained glass and columns inside the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona — Sagrada Família

Avenue of live oaks draped in Spanish moss — Oak Avenue

Moon rising over a cornfield with a pickup truck in the foreground — Harvest Moon

Leaf-covered path beneath red maples in autumn — Fall Path

Statue of Liberty against an overcast sky — Liberty

Times Square at night, neon signs and traffic — Times Square

Weathered driftwood in surf, black and white long exposure — Boneyard

Sunset reflected in a rain puddle on a Savannah street — After the Rain

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Landscapes

Field, forest, shoreline — Carolina light, held still.

Pink and violet sunset clouds over a darkening beach — Pink Tide

A leaf-covered path burning red and orange at the peak of fall — Red October

Sun flaring through the rust-red crown of a bald cypress — Cypress Fire

Low view down the double yellow line of a tree-lined country road, cars far ahead — Center Line

Looking up into a live oak hung with Spanish moss — Under the Moss

03

Wildlife

Neighbors who don't pose.

A great blue heron lifting off the water, wings spread — Liftoff

A great blue heron wading a pond lit gold by autumn trees — Heron, Gold

A young hawk standing on a lawn beside beds of pink and yellow flowers — Garden Hawk

A leafcutter ant hauling a leaf across a white ledge — The Carrier

Mallards lined along a half-sunken log beneath autumn branches — Roll Call

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Driftwood

What the tide keeps rearranging.

A downed tree reaching over the sand beneath a pale moon — Reaching

The twisted roots of a beached trunk, black and white — Rootwork

The moon high over driftwood silhouettes at low tide — Moonrise, Low Tide

Fallen oaks and cabbage palms on the beach at first light — Where They Fell

Bare limbs crossing in warm evening light along the shore — Golden Tangle

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Savannah

Oaks, cobblestones, and a working river.

A long oak avenue with shadows striping the dirt road — Wormsloe

Neon signs for Leopold's ice cream and the SCAD theater at blue hour — Leopold's and SCAD

A container ship passing beneath the cable-stayed bridge in pink evening light — Inbound

White cottages under a spreading canopy of moss-draped oaks — Village Green

A loaded container ship steaming toward the bridge as the sun drops — Outbound at Dusk

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Barcelona

Stone that grew, markets that hum.

Green and gold light washing the stone nave of the Sagrada Família — Nave in Color

Branching columns spreading into the Sagrada Família's vault, straight up — Canopy Vault

Rose windows burning red and orange down a wall of the Sagrada Família — West Windows

A wall of fruit — rambutan, persimmon, mangosteen — at La Boqueria — Fruit Stall

The neo-Gothic bridge over Carrer del Bisbe, black and white — Carrer del Bisbe

07

Cities

Paris to Chicago, on foot.

Cloud Gate mirroring the Michigan Avenue skyline on a bright day, Chicago — The Bean

Stacked billboards lighting Times Square traffic at night — Billboard Canyon

The white wings of the Oculus against World Trade Center towers, black and white — The Oculus

The DuSable Bridge and Wrigley Building over the Chicago River — River and Bridge

The Manhattan Bridge tower framed by Washington Street facades, black and white — Down in DUMBO

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Maine

The Head, the Old Port, the cold Atlantic.

Golden sunrise behind Portland Head Light and its keeper's house — Sunrise Keeper

Lobster boats moored below the colored buildings of Portland's waterfront — Old Port Harbor

Queen Anne's lace below Portland Head Light on the cliff path — Lace and Light

Waves washing over brown rock ledges toward a wooded island — Casco Bay

The Portland Lobster Co. sign against a blue Maine sky — Portland Lobster Co.

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Hot Springs

The Homestead and a gorge trail, Hot Springs, Virginia.

A grand red-brick resort hotel and clock tower under a clear blue sky — The Homestead

A billiard table beneath brick arches and hung portraits in a hotel game room — The Billiard Room

Orange and yellow lantana blossoms in a garden bed — Lantana

A long stepped waterfall with a fallen log spanning the current — The Long Cascade

A mountain ridge view framed by a cabin porch's timber posts — View from the Porch

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About

I trained as an industrial designer — the intersection of art and engineering — and photography is where those two instincts still meet. A frame is a design problem: light, structure, and the discipline to leave out everything that doesn't belong.

I shoot what holds still long enough to study — and what doesn't. Based in North Carolina.

Sony A7IV · Sigma 24–70 f/2.8 · Processed in Lightroom

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