Wildflowers near Crested Butte, Colorado

Whether it's the turning aspen's gold in a mountain sunset, a mule deer's momentary pause among the long departed, or the concentration on a cowboy's face mending fence, at their best J.E. Miller's photographs depict fleeting moments of perfection. It's this sense of irretrievable grace -- and the longing that accompanies it -- that distinguishes his best work.