A common question from visitors to Jackson Hole is "Where is Jackson Hole" thinking there is a hole in the ground somewhere. Jackson Hole is the whole valley as Mountain Men called valleys holes back in the early eighteen hundreds. Davy Jackson was the trapper in Jackson valley in the 1820's so it the valley became known as Davy Jackson's Hole or Davy Jackson's Valley.
This poster to me is a visual metaphor of Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole to me is all the beauty and all the fun!
I made this poster back in 1996 when I was working at an advertising agency as a drum scanner operator. When I wan't busy my boss wanted me to put my head in a book and learn stuff. It was a great deal.
At the time we had one of the most powerful macs around. It had 200 megabites of ram, an amazing machine for those days. It still took me about 40 hours to build this because all the layers added up to about 200 megabites, a ridiculously large file then. Every change involved a lenghly progress bar.
When I made this I was going to try to sell it to the Wyoming Travel Council who at the time was running an ad campain called "Find Yourself In Wyoming" I thought this was perfect for it but the council said Jackson Hole didn't need anymor business and they were trying to get visitors to other parts of Wyoming.
I just changed it up a little and added some newer graphic layers and it was striking how much easier it is today with 4 gig of ram :D
I wish I had a reason to make more stuff like this but since I don't have a market, I can't afford the time
© Daryl L. Hunter - The Hole Picture - Stock Photography for the Yellowstone region.
I also publish The Greater Yellowstone Resource Guide. I also lead "The Hole Picture Photo Safaris
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