Ryan Rodgers
St. Croix Ice
Open water in February along the lower river.
Seeps from a cliff form odd shapes.
Frozen textures on a swift, spring fed creek.
Early season ice captures a lily pad and air bubbles on a pond in Crex Meadows.
Pancake ice swirls in a canyon along the Apple River.
Ice jams after the March thaw in the dalles, much as felled pine boles did decades prior.
Strange ice crystals form near a mineral seep on the Kettle River.
At the head of a secret gorge, water drips, swirls and freezes.
Monotone during the winter days, a frozen backwater shines at sunset behind unfocused arcs of reeds.
Ryan Rodgers lives in western Wisconsin on the Saint Croix River, where he photographs, writes and cares for his 11 month old daughter. His website is http://www.ryan-rodgers.com.