In "Cabazon California," Glen Wilbert photographs the underside of one of the giant Cabazon dinosaur sculptures, shooting steeply upward so that the creature's belly, foreleg, and clawed foot fill the upper frame against a clear sky, with two palm trees rising at the right.
The image is rendered in black and white, which turns the sculpture into a strong dark shape against the pale sky and emphasizes the textured, sculpted surface of its hide. Glen's low, tilted angle crops the dinosaur to a fragment, the leg and claw reaching across the frame, so the eye reads shape and gesture before it identifies the subject. The palms anchor the composition at lower right and place the scene firmly in the California desert.
The Cabazon Dinosaurs, near Palm Springs along Interstate 10, are a well-known piece of roadside Americana built in the 1960s. Glen photographs them not as a whole roadside attraction but as a cropped, graphic detail.
In black and white, the composition is built on silhouette and gesture: the dark, textured form of the sculpture against open sky.
Awards and Recognition
Glen Wilbert's work has earned national recognition, including First Place at the 2024 iPhone Photography Awards, multiple Gold Medals at the reFocus Awards, and selection for more than thirty juried exhibitions across the United States.
Details
• Framed canvas print, pine wood frame with a floating-frame effect
• Frame thickness: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)
• Canvas weight: approximately 344 g/m2
• White frame with a white inner border around the canvas
• Open back, rubber corner pads, hanging hardware attached
• Printed and framed in the USA
In "Cabazon California," Glen Wilbert photographs the underside of one of the giant Cabazon dinosaur sculptures, shooting steeply upward so that the creature's belly, foreleg, and clawed foot fill the upper frame against a clear sky, with two palm trees rising at the right.
The image is rendered in black and white, which turns the sculpture into a strong dark shape against the pale sky and emphasizes the textured, sculpted surface of its hide. Glen's low, tilted angle crops the dinosaur to a fragment, the leg and claw reaching across the frame, so the eye reads shape and gesture before it identifies the subject. The palms anchor the composition at lower right and place the scene firmly in the California desert.
The Cabazon Dinosaurs, near Palm Springs along Interstate 10, are a well-known piece of roadside Americana built in the 1960s. Glen photographs them not as a whole roadside attraction but as a cropped, graphic detail.
In black and white, the composition is built on silhouette and gesture: the dark, textured form of the sculpture against open sky.
Awards and Recognition
Glen Wilbert's work has earned national recognition, including First Place at the 2024 iPhone Photography Awards, multiple Gold Medals at the reFocus Awards, and selection for more than thirty juried exhibitions across the United States.
Details
• Framed canvas print, pine wood frame with a floating-frame effect
• Frame thickness: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)
• Canvas weight: approximately 344 g/m2
• White frame with a white inner border around the canvas
• Open back, rubber corner pads, hanging hardware attached
• Printed and framed in the USA
