Photography And Half-Thoughts By Mitchell Hegman

...because some of it is pretty and some of it is not.

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Wild Goose Island

Perhaps one of the most iconic photographs of Montana is a capture of Wild Goose Island at Saint Mary Lake along Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. I have taken the photograph many times and seen it in prints and on screen many dozens of times.

When I walked into the house of an aunt and uncle of Desiree, I was shocked to see what is nearly the same image in a painting, but of someplace (presumably) in the Philippines. I am sharing a photograph of the painting (a bit wonky due to avoiding reflections). I am also sharing an image of Goose Lake. The resemblances are uncanny.

A Painting in Bayawan, Philippines

Wild Goose Island, Glacier National Park, Montana

—Mitchell Hegman

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