Category Archives: Southwest

Grafitti

This gallery contains 2 photos.

Utah, U.S.A. 2013 Look closely and you will see several handprints on the underside of the rock ledges. These are called ‘negative handprints’. The hand is outlined with the paint rather than having the hand print done by placing a … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Dawn in Monument Valley

This gallery contains 1 photo.

USA 2013 Monument Valley, Arizona Most landscapes are horizontal format. Although I seem to have a penchant for trying a vertical landscape, most of the time they don’t work for me. I shot the chimney as a horizontal. And I … Continue reading

More Galleries | 2 Comments

Anasazi Granary

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Out of Sight Utah 2013 The small stone hut is a granary built a thousand years ago by the Anasazi or Basketmaker Native Americans. Foodstuffs such as corn and beans were stored here for safekeeping. You can see how high above the … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Atmosphere: It’s Up to You

This gallery contains 2 photos.

Monument Valley, AZ 2013 My Navajo guide, Clifford, had taken many photographers into the valley and from them he learned the best places to shoot. We walked down the escarpment to a ledge with several dying pinon trees and he … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Monument Valley Panorama

This gallery contains 4 photos.

Utah, USA 2013: Monument Valley as seen from the highway to Bluff, Utah We noticed a tour bus and several cars parked along the highway as we drove north to Bluff. I glanced in the rearview mirror and saw this … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Iconic

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Monument Valley, USA 2013 Before I visited Monument Valley, I looked on the net for photos of Monument Valley and I saw hundreds of versions of this shot. At sunset, each day, everyone lines up on the patio of the … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Interpretation

This gallery contains 1 photo.

USA, 2013,  Monument Valley, on the Navajo Reservation Large prints of Monument Valley decorated the halls and rooms of our hotel in Kayenta, Arizona. I used them to get some ideas on photographing the Valley, just the way I sometimes … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment

Drama in the Desert

This gallery contains 1 photo.

USA 2013: Looking toward the Navajo Reservation from Cedar Mesa, Utah. Recently, I met one of my old photography classmates for coffee. We both had a darkroom at home, back in the day. We used to meet to show and discuss … Continue reading

More Galleries | 2 Comments

Sentinel at Monument Valley

This gallery contains 2 photos.

Monument Valley, Navajo Reservation, USA   2013  A lone Navajo man on horseback gazing out onto Monument Valley was the ultimate photo back in the day. I’d seen it in a magazine when I was in my 20’s…a long time ago. In those days, the … Continue reading

More Galleries | 2 Comments

Abstract at Monarch Cave

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Monarch Cave, Utah 2013 Mineral stains from centuries of rain and snow formed intriguing designs on the roof of the sandstone cave where the Anasazi had built their fortress. This shot includes part of the fortress roof. A fir pole … Continue reading

More Galleries | Leave a comment