{"id":48820,"date":"2016-03-14T09:47:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T13:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/?p=48820"},"modified":"2016-03-14T13:20:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T17:20:26","slug":"12-photos-that-prove-nature-is-the-best-playground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/es\/journal\/12-photos-that-prove-nature-is-the-best-playground\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Photos That Prove Nature Is the Best Playground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>This piece is from our partners at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatherly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fatherly<\/a>. Want more like this? Sign up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherly.com\/core\/setup\/sitename?type=email\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For the last 10 years <a href=\"http:\/\/dennisdehart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dennis DeHart<\/a>, a professor of photography at Washington State University, has showed his boys Emmit and Asher why the great outdoors is <a href=\"http:\/\/yoganonymous.com\/give-yourself-a-nature-cleanse-with-forest-bathing\" target=\"_blank\">so great<\/a>. The result was a series called <a href=\"http:\/\/dennisdehart.com\/sample-page\/at-play\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>At Play<\/em><\/a>, an artistic meditation on the importance of free play in nature. DeHart says that he owes a lot to his &#8220;mountain man&#8221; grandfather, who first got him out of the house and into the woods, and he wanted to pass that tradition along to his kids. Below he talks about a few of his favorite photos from the last few years, and what happens when you add a little <a href=\"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/outside-play-keeps-the-bad-stuff-away\/\" target=\"_blank\">dirt<\/a> and water (and the odd Luchador mask) to childhood. Of the photo above he says: &#8220;Rivers make up a significant part of the region and play a vital role in energy and recreation. The photograph was made on a hot summer day in the Snake River, near Asotin, Washington.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The image [below] was made in the front yard of our friend&#8217;s house during an afternoon get together. Fire and sticks have continually been a source of fascination for my two boys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"share-tab-img share-buttons\">\n<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dennisdehart.com\/sample-page\/at-play\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"26b1f\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.rbl.ms\/4007944\/980x.jpg\" alt=\"Fire and Sticks, Orcas Island, Washington State\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"PXA34H1457631153\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" \/><\/a><small class=\"image-media media-caption\">Fire and Sticks, Orcas Island, Washington State\u00a0<\/small><small class=\"image-media media-photo-credit\">DENNIS DEHART<\/small><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the time, I mostly took &#8216;snapshots&#8217; of my family with a digital camera. I took this picture while I was taking formal portraits of residents at the Farm for another project. This is perhaps the first image I made that eventually would become <em>At Play<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"share-tab-img share-buttons\">\n<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dennisdehart.com\/sample-page\/at-play\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"521da\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.rbl.ms\/4007945\/980x.jpg\" alt=\"The Farm, SummerTown, Tennessee\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"4LP4UT1457631153\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" \/><\/a><small class=\"image-media media-caption\">The Farm, Summertown, Tennessee\u00a0<\/small><small class=\"image-media media-photo-credit\">DENNIS DEHART<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This photo was made in the semi-mountainous terrain of Orcas Island called Mt. Pickett. The trail is next to Moran State Park and is the path that sons take in order to visit their Nana.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"share-tab-img share-buttons\">\n<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dennisdehart.com\/sample-page\/at-play\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"b0730\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.rbl.ms\/4007946\/980x.jpg\" alt=\"Nana's Trail, Mt. Pickets, Orcas Island\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"WJIH5T1457631153\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" \/><\/a><small class=\"image-media media-caption\">Nana&#8217;s Trail, Mt. Pickets, Orcas Island\u00a0<\/small><small class=\"image-media media-photo-credit\">DENNIS DEHART<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"share-media-panel\">\n<div class=\"share-tab-img share-buttons\">\n<p>&#8220;The photograph was taken while camping in the Columbia Basin Wildlife Area. The reservoir offers habitat for numerous wetland dependent wildlife species, such as migrating waterfowl and shorebirds. The reservoir was a perfect place to introduce my sons, and their Seattle cousins, to the <a href=\"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/why-your-brain-needs-nature\/\" target=\"_blank\">wildness<\/a> of desert habitat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"share-media-panel\">\n<div class=\"share-tab-img share-buttons\">\n<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dennisdehart.com\/sample-page\/at-play\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"0c9ed\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.rbl.ms\/4007957\/980x.jpg\" alt=\"Reservoir, Columbia Basin Wildlife Area, Washington\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"A4UMQ11457631153\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" \/><\/a><small class=\"image-media media-caption\">Reservoir: Columbia Basin Wildlife Area, Washington\u00a0<\/small><small class=\"image-media media-photo-credit\">DENNIS DEHART<\/small><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most of Orcas Island&#8217;s beaches are privately owned. The image was taken while visiting friends at their home near Deer Harbor. What you don&#8217;t see are my sons looking at a very small island in front of them with a pirate flag flying at full mast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"share-tab-img share-buttons\">\n<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dennisdehart.com\/sample-page\/at-play\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"c64fa\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.rbl.ms\/4007984\/980x.jpg\" alt=\"Lookout, Deer Harbor, Orcas Island\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"R67J961457631153\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" \/><\/a><small class=\"image-media media-caption\">Lookout: Deer Harbor, Orcas Island\u00a0<\/small><small class=\"image-media media-photo-credit\">DENNIS DEHART<\/small><\/p>\n<div class=\"share-media-panel\">&#8220;While at the bottom of the 198-foot tall Palouse Falls, my son found this plastic decoy duck, which he carried all the way back to the car. Later, while playing dress up one morning, he opted to pose with the duck.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"share-media-panel\">\n<div class=\"share-tab-img share-buttons\">\n<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dennisdehart.com\/sample-page\/at-play\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"c898b\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.rbl.ms\/4007987\/980x.jpg\" alt=\"Boy and Duck, Palouse Falls, Washington\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"VHUEU41457631153\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" \/><\/a><small class=\"image-media media-caption\">Boy and Duck: Palouse Falls, Washington\u00a0<\/small><small class=\"image-media media-photo-credit\">DENNIS DEHART<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"share-media-panel\">&#8220;I&#8217;m interested in a collaborative in-between when making portraits; Meaning I neither totally direct nor leave the images to chance. I like how my son Emmit is making direct eye contact with the camera in this photo while Asher appears to be striking a pose. The image speaks to me about their personalities, while taking me back to my childhood, including <a href=\"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/journal\/returning-ourselves-to-the-wild\/\" target=\"_blank\">wandering through old growth forests<\/a> on the Oregon Coast.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"share-media-panel\">\n<div class=\"share-tab-img share-buttons\">\n<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dennisdehart.com\/sample-page\/at-play\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"c1218\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.rbl.ms\/4007988\/980x.jpg\" alt=\"Old Growth, Oregon Coast near Newport, Oregon\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"SBG2L51457631153\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" \/><\/a><small class=\"image-media media-caption\">Old Growth: Oregon Coast near Newport, Oregon\u00a0<\/small><small class=\"image-media media-photo-credit\">DENNIS DEHART<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"share-media-panel\">&#8220;This is the increasingly performative side of <em>At Play<\/em>. It is inherently still play, but a kind of performance is developing in both the way I approach making the pictures, as well as the way my sons have continued to adapt, accommodate, and ultimately contribute to the photograph.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"share-media-panel\">\n<div class=\"share-tab-img share-buttons\">\n<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dennisdehart.com\/sample-page\/at-play\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"31c56\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.rbl.ms\/4007996\/980x.jpg\" alt=\"Wounded, Moscow, Idaho\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"TFR07Q1457631153\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" \/><\/a><small class=\"image-media media-caption\">Wounded: Moscow, Idaho\u00a0<\/small><small class=\"image-media media-photo-credit\">DENNIS DEHART<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;A love for animals has always been a part of my younger son&#8217;s narrative. The reverence and respect evolved while he was learning to ride horses. There is nothing like managing a 2,000-pound horse as a 9-year-old, to learn about the <a href=\"http:\/\/yoganonymous.com\/forest-medicine-how-nature-deepens-our-practice\" target=\"_blank\">power<\/a> of nature.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"share-tab-img share-buttons\">\n<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dennisdehart.com\/sample-page\/at-play\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"d081c\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.rbl.ms\/4008004\/980x.jpg\" alt=\"Horse and Rider, Troy, Idaho\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"T8ZBBX1457631153\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" \/><\/a><small class=\"image-media media-caption\">Horse and Rider: Troy, Idaho\u00a0<\/small><small class=\"image-media media-photo-credit\">DENNIS DEHART<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"share-media-panel\">\n<div class=\"share-tab-img share-buttons\">\n<p>&#8220;Spontaneity and moments of humor play an increasing role in more recent photographs for <em>At Play<\/em>. Asher here is wearing a Mexican wrestling mask that he brought back from Zihuatanejo, Mexico.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"share-media-panel\">\n<div class=\"share-tab-img share-buttons\">\n<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dennisdehart.com\/sample-page\/at-play\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"fbd82\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.rbl.ms\/4008006\/980x.jpg\" alt=\"Wrestler, Moscow, Idaho\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"6ONEFU1457631153\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" \/><\/a><small class=\"image-media media-caption\">Wrestler: Moscow, Idaho\u00a0<\/small><small class=\"image-media media-photo-credit\">DENNIS DEHART<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"share-media-panel\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>This article was originally published on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherly.com\/dennis-dehart-photographs-his-kids-at-play-in-nature-1593033492.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fatherly<\/a>. 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