FAKE MOUNTAIN is not only the website of Mark S Bailen, but it is also an irreverent travel blog about our modern attempts to reconnect with nature. Many of the photos depict a denigrated, hyperreal, or fake nature. Thanks for stopping by.
“We believe we make contact with the wild, but this is an illusion. . . we accept a reduced category of experience, a semblance of the wild nature, a fake.” Jack Turner (The Abstract Wild)
Mark S Bailen is a writer, illustrator, and fake-nature photographer. He appears in the photo to the left. To contact him, email his first name at this domain.