Life in this home outside Searchlight, NV is a quiet, solitary existence.
Mystery Ranch House, Searchlight, NV
Sitting on a 15 acre mining claim, the house is perched among the mountains and surrounded by the landscape of the Mojave Desert.
The site is known as the Searchlight Mystery Ranch, and serves as an art and ecology research station.
Mystery Ranch House and its surroundings, Searchlight, NV
Their website (http://unitedcatalystsart.com/mystery-ranch) explains, “Mystery Ranch has been providing time and space to listen to the stories the Mojave desert tells, develop new ideas, and realize projects with a community of local and visiting artists, scientists, teachers and students. Over the years, the experience of the ranch has influenced painters, sculptors, photographers, writers, musicians, performance artists, builders, biologists, ecologists, and other stewards of the land.”
Mystery Ranch House and its surroundings, Searchlight, NV
I’m one of the photographers who had an opportunity to spend some time there. I focused on photographing the house and its immediate environment.
Mystery Ranch House, Searchlight, NV
Mystery Ranch House, Searchlight, NV
This beautiful environment is home not only to the desert wildlife and plants, but also to the artists and scientists who visit the Mystery Ranch.
Mystery Ranch House and its desert surroundings, Searchlight, NV