https://www.xavierurgell.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-02-04 https://www.xavierurgell.com/240622351098 daily 0.75 2021-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60141cf703f0d0219ba0080e/1612281454101-130IC2A5ZURK9RFNV12P/C9A54168-9A43-4079-AAD3-69FAB1563B61.JPG 02 - Red Barn After spending a whole weekend in search of inspiration, I pulled over on the side of a country road mesmerized by the beauty of the soft contours of the fields and the subtle changes of tones surrounding a little red barn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60141cf703f0d0219ba0080e/1612282073454-XIS96I2AKW0UEU5V9IEK/_DSC0726-Pano-2.jpg 02 - Iowa Barn. An old Iowa barn shows tear and wear of time passing by, surrounded by another yield of sweet corn and the threat of another incoming sour summer storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60141cf703f0d0219ba0080e/1612535248369-G543NWSE2CSINA843JLM/B768192C-14F2-477D-A615-6D23E402E312-3.jpg 02 - Golf. Early morning the 18th hole of a golf course receives the first few rays of light signaling the start of a perfect day to play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60141cf703f0d0219ba0080e/1612377956626-WJ0TRLSG6U67V5M9QYLA/_DSC1077.jpg 02 - sky. Every summer there’s one dramatic sunset that makes you stop and grab your camera to shoot, because you know that it’s such a unique sky that it will never be the same again. This a good example. https://www.xavierurgell.com/706654388189 daily 0.75 2022-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60141cf703f0d0219ba0080e/641b2bf5-5f05-4a3e-918f-8ea57b2ab630/Angel+Oak+.jpg 04 - Angel Oak Tree. An iconic Charleston oak tree of over 400 years old named the Angel Oak is amazingly interpreted by a local artist and a photo that brings together both realism and the artistic aspects of this sacred tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60141cf703f0d0219ba0080e/8bd93b8d-3e3d-4a3c-b935-cfcb7781f61c/Saxo+22.jpg 04 - The Saxo Man. Finding the unexpected on a street corner of McGregor, Iowa. a charming small town by the banks of the Mississippi River. A special saxophonist brings his colorful folklore and art to a spectacular portrait that represents joyfulness and the rhythms of music to our eyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60141cf703f0d0219ba0080e/1612379251711-XQDKCGVIZ8OIHIO7I2H1/_DSC3331-2.jpg 04 - Neowise. NEOWISE is known for being the brightest comet in the northern hemisphere since Comet Hale–Bopp in 1997.[4] It was widely photographed by professional and amateur observers and was even spotted by people living near city centers and areas with light pollution.[ https://www.xavierurgell.com/about daily 0.75 2021-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60141cf703f0d0219ba0080e/1612288938002-P8DC29726YZWPVE0ML3A/219050C0-2C04-43E7-B0D5-121AE78E3A22.jpg About - Xavier Urgell is a Charleston, South Carolina based landscape photographer. “They call him the hunter of light. He’s in search for the things, that have yet to exist. Challenging the traditions. Foraging through the shadows. Listening for the subtle changes. This is Xavier. He’s not, as the other’s are. From the distant shores, to the far off worlds. He has made friends with the beasts, the wind and the waves. He leads vows to the land and Signed deals with the sky He’s the hunters of light” https://www.xavierurgell.com/963327201704 daily 1.0 2021-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60141cf703f0d0219ba0080e/1612278640559-3SXDUHOHCGUPQKVBIJ9B/_DSC3293-2.jpg 01 - Jealousy. Walking on the fields in a cold November in Iowa in search of the perfect picture, a beautiful distinctive sound brought me to a fascinating image of a group of trumpeter Swans by a harvested field. While photographing them, a sweet couple united creating the silhouette of a heart and the expression of eternal mates. A third looks away in total disdain of embarrassment and jealousy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60141cf703f0d0219ba0080e/1612281145116-GGOVHVIX9PSWM19V6S3L/_DSC3276.jpg 01 - Trumpeter Swans. In the 1930s, only 69 trumpeters were known to be alive in the United States and those were all in Yellowstone and the Centennial Valley of Montana. Today populations of Trumpeter swans are over 2,000 in the U.S. This image portraits the celebration of the respect for nature and the glory of freedom. https://www.xavierurgell.com/457788149832 daily 0.75 2021-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60141cf703f0d0219ba0080e/1612286312493-9EBJASDOZ88X61PQMTAO/BF9C949F-ABCB-4534-8B89-B21B6A2D97DC.JPG 03 - Marker. An Image of Charleston Harbor sky behind a marker that signals safety and peace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60141cf703f0d0219ba0080e/1612286554011-06UOBO0HBFDXYG4BDNRI/_DSC9981-2.jpg 03 - The Palm. The palm tree that was blamed for blocking people’s ocean view, stands tall in the way making the statement: I’m here to stay and I will always bring the element of life to your ocean view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60141cf703f0d0219ba0080e/1612290193685-NQF9XMI5DV5S57BQ92E7/_DSC2578%5B1%5D.jpg 03 - Splash. Mother Nature splashes pristine water from the Atlantic Ocean to a rocky shore of a beautiful Caribbean island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60141cf703f0d0219ba0080e/1612290867871-4SOIMKQKW901EVF91K10/_DSC3008-2.jpg 03 - Sea Weed. Sea weed accumulates in the coastal shores as a reminder of the living nature that lives below and above the sea. https://www.xavierurgell.com/about-1 daily 0.75 2021-01-29