100 days in Glacier National Park

A photographer's journey

100 days In Glacier National Park

This blog chronicles photos of Glacier National Park over 100 consecutive days, starting on May 1, 2009 by Glacier Park Magazine editor Chris Peterson. When the project is complete, it will be a traveling show in 2010 to commemorate Glacier's Centennial. I'm using a mix of film and digital cameras, including an 8 by 10 field camera, a Kodak Pocket Vest camera, circa 1909, and a Speed Graphic, among others. The idea is to use the cameras that would have been used over the course of the Park's 100 years. Day-to-day work is done primarily with a Nikon digital camera, since I only process film about once a week due to time constraints (I have a regular job on top of this project).

Day 60, To Linnaeus

01/July/2009

Twinflower's Latin name is Linnae borealis and is named after Carl Linnaeus, the Swedish scientist known as the father of taxonomy. Taxonomy is scientific naming of animals and plants. Twinflower grows in mats on the forest floor, with thousands of small flowers no larger than your pinky nail. To really enjoy it, you need to get on your belly, or at least, your knees.