23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Little Yellow Chair - Unnamed Falls 2

This image is part of my ongoing series "Little Yellow Chair" where I hike with, and insert a wooden chair into various Western NC waterfall landscapes. The yellow chair and I share almost identical experiences in the process of making these images; perpetually being torn apart and pushed closer to our natural state by our environment. Each drop of water and every grain of sand is part of this process that steadily strips back the chair’s layers, cleanses its impurities, and leaves it in its truest form.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Brevard, North Carolina, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D850
Copyright: © David Phillips