Michael C. Roberts is a mostly retired pediatric psychologist who, during the pandemic, painted rocks and dropped them around his neighborhood as inspiration and motivation. He since has returned to photography. His images have been published in several literary magazines and on journal covers. A photographic book is available on Amazon: Imaging the World with Plastic Cameras: Diana and Holga. In his photography, he seeks to portray things and scenes that are overlooked or are mere backdrops to everyday life. In the last several months, he has been exploring minimalism as a way of projection and abstraction. Roberts often makes photographs in a range of colors, objects, and formats; the simplicity of minimalism reduces nature to its basics to reveal the underlying beauty of structure and form. The images may seem bleak to some viewers, but through these vestigial elements of nature, we can appreciate its simple complexity and basic beauty. These images can reflect current moods and views of the world. These stark figures made in the Sonoran Desert have reduced nature to its essential elements and beauty.