Encountering Space: The Fire Lookouts of Montana:
Working deep in the back country of Montana's rugged Rocky Mountains, Pittsburgh-based photographer Tom Persinger photographed three men who spend their summers perched high atop peaks keeping watch over some of our nation's most pristine places miles from the nearest road or modern convenience. Day and night they scan the horizon for curly gray wisps of smoke rising from the forest below: a tell tale sign of fire.Through photographs and recorded interviews this project seeks to better appreciate each of their choices, understand their sense of place, reveal the perceptions they have of their surroundings, and offer each of us the possibility to better understand ourselves."
Check out some some great stills from the film over at Tom Persinger's site.