An exploration on life and living.
Notes, photography, and monthly letters on what it means to live in connection with the earth, each other, and ourselves.
I believe in the power of witnessing.
To remain open to the magnificence before us, across its full spectrum of beauty and tragedy, is to exercise the deepest goodness of our shared humanity.
The Contact Zone
A monthly correspondence on geologic time in a bits-per-second age.
The Contact Zone is my response to the digital blur. Each month, you’ll receive a 5×7 fine art print and a slow-written letter exploring the wisdom of sediment. Together we’ll slow down enough to consider the world at a speed where we can see rock flow.
Field Notes
Rough around the edges, real-time reflections.
Field Notes is a free, online collection of my scrappy thoughts on books I’ve read, places I’ve explored, and experiences I’ve had. Here, you’ll find the pieces that I play with as I listen to how they all want to fit together.
Utah Family Photography
Luxury photography for families that believe in real-life, everyday magic.
Fine Art Prints
Museum-grade matted prints of the life and textures of the natural world.
Meet Dania
Dania Ellingson
Writer & Photographer
I was raised by the mountains. I’m still being raised by them.