Yosemite Images
Photographs from a winter weekend.
Doing some catch up editing and came across these. Thought I’d share.

November 16, 2015 – Yosemite, California, United States: Yosemite (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Jessica Brandi Lifland)

November 16, 2015 – Yosemite, California, United States: Yosemite (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Jessica Brandi Lifland)

November 16, 2015 – Yosemite, California, United States: Yosemite (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Jessica Brandi Lifland)

November 16, 2015 – Yosemite, California, United States: Yosemite (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Jessica Brandi Lifland)

November 16, 2015 – Yosemite, California, United States: Yosemite (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Jessica Brandi Lifland)

November 16, 2015 – Yosemite, California, United States: Yosemite (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Jessica Brandi Lifland)

November 16, 2015 – Yosemite, California, United States: Yosemite (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Jessica Brandi Lifland)

November 15, 2015 – Yosemite, California, United States: Yosemite (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Jessica Brandi Lifland)
Photographs from the 2016 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Elko Nevada
Images from the Western Folklife’s NCPG
More pictures posted on the following links:
The Western Folklife Centers Flickr feed: flikr
Student workshop slide show from a day at the Buzzetti Ranch in Lamoile, Nevada
a more complete gallery on my website www.jessicalifland.com
instagram account: jblif
Twitter: @jesslifland

January 28, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Thursday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 29, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Friday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 29, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Friday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 29, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Friday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 29, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Friday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 30, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Saturday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 30, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Saturday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 28, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Thursday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 29, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Friday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 29, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Friday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 29, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Friday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 29, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Friday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 29, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Friday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 29, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Backstage before an open mic session on Friday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 30, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Saturday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 30, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Saturday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 31, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Saturday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 30, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Saturday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 30, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Saturday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 30, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Saturday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 29, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Friday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 29, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Friday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 29, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Friday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 29, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Friday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 28, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Thursday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 28, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Thursday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)

January 28, 2016 – Elko, Nevada, United States: Thursday at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)
Postcards from Ithaca. Photographs from a road trip.
It was a rare day that I had a date with my neglected other child, my Nikon. I had a day to drive around the fingerlakes. Here are some of my favorites from that beautiful sunny, rainy, stormy, humid day.
- May 11, 2015 – Ithaca, New York, United States: Fingerlakes scenics Libe Slope, Cornell University. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)
- May 11, 2015 – Ithaca, New York, United States: Fingerlakes scenics (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)
- May 11, 2015 – Ithaca, New York, United States: Fingerlakes scenics (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)
- May 11, 2015 – Ithaca, New York, United States: Fingerlakes scenics (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)
- May 11, 2015 – Ithaca, New York, United States: Fingerlakes scenics (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)
- May 11, 2015 – Ithaca, New York, United States: Fingerlakes scenics (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)
- May 11, 2015 – Ithaca, New York, United States: Fingerlakes scenics Lake Cayuga. (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)
- May 11, 2015 – Ithaca, New York, United States: Fingerlakes scenics (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)
- May 11, 2015 – Ithaca, New York, United States: Fingerlakes scenics (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)
- May 11, 2015 – Ithaca, New York, United States: Fingerlakes scenics (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)
- May 11, 2015 – Ithaca, New York, United States: Fingerlakes scenics (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)
- May 11, 2015 – Ithaca, New York, United States: Fingerlakes scenics Taughannock Falls (Jessica Brandi Lifland/Freelance)
Images from the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering 2015
Photography from this year’s gathering
Saturday’s Photographs:
- Baxter Black and Cindy Black
- Randy Rieman and Gail Steiger
- Glenn Ohrlin
- Wally McRae
- Baxter Black
- Brigid Reedy
- Trinity Seely and Thatch Elmer
Friday’s Photographs:
- DW Groethe, Rodney Nelson, Pat Richardson, and Baxter Black.
- Elizabeth Ebert
- Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
- Shadd Piehl
- Randy Rieman and Gail Steiger
- Wylie and the Wild West
“When you reach a certain age, you just get older” – Baxter Black, just now at the NCPG
Thursday’s Photographs:
- Amy Hake Auker
Wednesday’s Photographs
Photographs from the 2014 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Elko, Nevada
Images from Elko:
Additional images as I edit:
Fred Newman Effects Master of Prairie Hone Companion Fame
Friday:
Glenn Ohrlin, Brigid Reedy and John Reedy Backstage. Brigid and Glenn are almost 80 years apart in age but have developed an offstage friendship and onstage rapport.
Glenn Ohrlin and Brigid Reedy onstage discuss what they should play next. They are almost 80 years apart in age but have developed an offstage friendship and onstage rapport.
Kristyn Harris and Trinity Seely hug backstage between performances
A high school girl prepares to go onstage to recite poetry with Joel Nelson.
A woman hugs Sheldeen Haleamau of the Gary Haleamau Family Band. She tells Haleamau that their music brought her back 50 years to when she and her husband lived in Hawaii. The moment brought tears to both of their eyes.
Sheldeen Haleamau of the Gary Haleamau Family Band backstage
Cajun and Zydeco dance class with Dick and Sandy Sturm.
Weigand Gallery opening reception for the exhibit, “Expressing the Rural West – Into the Future.”
Mustache, Elko, Nevada
D.W. Groethe at the Elko Convention Center before the Friday night performance of the Trail’s End Ranch Radio Show.
Ian Tyson Backstage before his show.
Thursday:
Late night jam at the Western Folklife Center.
Backstage with Riders in the Sky
Wednesday:
#elkocowboypoetry #westernfolklife
Teen Poetry Workshop with Randy Rieman and Joel Nelson
Teen Poetry Workshop with Randy Rieman and Joel Nelson
Backstage before the premier of the Trail’s End Ranch Radio Show
Music jam at The Star Basque restaurant with Kristyn Harris
D.W. Groethe talks into a can impersonating an alien at the Trail’s End Ranch Radio Show
Teen Poetry Slam at the Western Folklife Center G3 Bar Theater
Teen Poetry Slam at the Western Folklife Center G3 Bar Theater