Wilderness, United States, 1998

"In 1964 the United States began designating roadless areas as wilderness. These lands haven't necessarily escaped the hand of man, but they have been given the chance to survive it."

Photographed on assignment for, but not published in, "Wilderness: America's Lands Apart," November 1998, National Geographic magazine

摄影者：Peter Essick

荒野，美国，1998

1964年，美国开始把人迹罕至的地区划定为荒野。虽然这些地区还未逃出人类的手心，但是它们已然获得了幸存的机会。