This series was created by Alain Chamot (1971-2020). ��BillinGlendaleCA A good number of photographers will just drive around country roads to see things that inspire them, I’m not one of those people. A major reason is that to get to the countryside, I have to contend with LA’s notorious traffic. So I tend to do my exploration a bit more virtually, via Google Maps. When I look at an area I’m thinking of driving to, I turn on the photos in Maps and they can sometimes give me 360° views of the area and also other things around that particular area. Looking at Joshua Tree a couple months ago, I saw one photo of a lush green area, that’s not Joshua Tree! It was a bit further to the west and called the Whitewater Preserve. It’s along the Whitewater River that runs from the eastern slopes of Mt. San Gorgonio, by Palm Springs to the Salton Sea.