[Editor’s Note: We’re happy to have photographer Michael Holden documenting the art and experience of Burning Man for you this year, and posting regular submissions to the Burning Blog. You can find all his posts by clicking here. Enjoy!]
I think that y’all like my photos more than my prose. In the spirit of doing what one does best, I’ll cut this short and get back out there.
Truth is Beauty by Marco Cochrane
Flor de Muerto by Victoria CoRE, during construction
Flor de Muerto by Victoria CoRE, on the evening of it’s completion
Guardian of Dawn by Iron Monkeys
Kavai Ahi by Maui CoRE
Coyote by Brian Tedrick
Drifts by Michael Christian
Temple of Wholyness by Synthesis LLC, interior 360° panorama
Church Trap by Rebekah Waites
Ibis Maximus by Nick Taylor
Universe Revolves Around You by Zachary Coffin and Believe by Laura Kimpton and Jeff Schomberg
Coyote by Brian Tedrick
Burning Man
The Temple of Wholyness by Synthesis LLC
Truth is Beauty by Marco Cochrane
Thank you for your great pictures ~ It is telling me to go and be part of this Art party next year !
If you see my Cool Artistic Son; Cameron St Denis / Tell him I love Him ..
From his Momma,
Ninon St Denis
Qualicum Beach ~ BC ~ Canada
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See you in 2014!! Thanks for allowing me to share the Playa with you from the East Coast!!!!
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Great pictures! I hope to make it next year. I’ll keep checking your blog for updates. Thank you!
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LOVELY!
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Now I’m even more excited to get there tomorrow!!! Great photos, thank you!
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Thank you for sharing with the world the wonders of Burning Man!
Couldn’t be at the playa this year, but I’ll see you in 2014!!!!
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I feel like I just inhaled home:) i couldn’t make it this year, but somehow feel connected through your pictures. Thank you.
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So much Goodness. Thanks man.
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…well done….absolutely great…thank you much!
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I can taste the dust,smell the salt,feel the heat
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Thanks for the photos, I really needed this ….
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Fantastic, wish I could be there! Have a wonderful BM 2013 experience, all!
XOXO
Joy
joybennett.com
a writer in Santa Monica, CA
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Great pictures following on the website this years happening hello to my girl Katia from Australia xxxx mum
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Since 2002-2013, my heart has been broken three times. I miss this beautiful sacred (for me) place.
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Absolutly beautiful art and photography. Looking forward to viewing more througout the week.
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Thank you for sharing your beautiful pictures…hello to my children Peter & Sarah and their friends Arial and Takami.
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Gorgeous! Wish I was there!
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Michael Holden, thanks for the fantastic photography of the Burning Man art on the playa. I won’t be able to return to BRC until I’m able to figure out out a way to survive hypohydrosis, so seeing the pictures are the next best thing.
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Thanks for sharing those awesome photos while its still happening, gives us a peek into what’s going on in a really beautiful way. But where’s the humans as art?
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Thank you for this. This is the first year in so so many that I chose not to attend the burn. And seeing these images made me cry a little, laugh a little, cry some more and laugh again. I’m so thankful for this organization being a part of my life, and am grateful for you taking the time to photograph and post these images. Thank you Michael, and thank you yet again Harvey!
Marcorp
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Thanks for sharing these amazing pics of the art. I’m missing this burn for the first time in 7 years right now (wed night), and it’s nice to be able to see some of the art out there. See ya in 2014. I’m not missing another burn, cuz this shit is tough.
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From the deep dark depths of the default world, my heart is truly in Black Rock City :/
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Looks awesome! I hope to return one day when the ticket prices and popularity die down… so probably never! haha.
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Thanxs for those amazing pixs!
Hope to be there…Actually I’m kind of there…connected through some of my best friends!!
Next year I’m gonna make it! SURE!
lOvE!
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Wonderous and Beautiful! I miss my family but, know I will return to the Dust again soon!
Please welcome all you meet with the simple phrase, “You are home, Welcome back!”
ciao-4-now in spirit, =GpD=
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Very inspiring, lovely pictures, defiantly makes me want to go. Never been, live only 80 miles away.
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I feel I have come home to the Playa through your gorgeous images. Thank you for allowing me to experience the BMan heat, creativity, beauty & excitement through your eyes. Now the pain of not being there with my family is just a bit more bearable.
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Alive! This peek into the joyous spirits of the free make me feel ALIVE just by viewing these pictures. I won’t make 2014 but look forward to 2015 :) How do you spell relief – P.L.A.Y.A !!!
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Thanks for sharing. Happy my daughter and all her fellow burners are part of all this beauty.
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geat pictures!!
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@Ninon St Denis I totally camped with your son! He is a DJ right?! He is so freaking awesome, musically and a very special person in general! I hope he camps with us next year! He was such a character… whenever he was gone from camp wandering doing the burning man thing, we all missed his presence!
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I really enjoyed the image: Coyote by Brian Tedrick! Coming from New England the idea of so much open and un-green space is foreign to me.
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Love the Coyote!
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Insanely cool art , have a son ,a daughter and a niece who all love burningman and I can’t wait to be there !!! Meanwhile thanks for sharing :)
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I still wonder at the creativity of man, I can not express the joy I have in just seeing the beauty of it all there.
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2013 , incredible art, amazing people , burningman rocks !! Dust is a minor inconvience compared to the life changing experience that awaits you .
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Nice to write article here thanks for great gift
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