For six days in November, 2007, I photographed in and around Indian reservations in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. We visited the Acoma Pueblo, Cayon De Chelly National Monument on the Navajo reservation, Mesa Verde National Park, and Chaco Culture National Historic Park, as well as Albuquerque's Old Town, and Santa Fe.
If you've viewed the previous articles of travel impressions I've posted on this site, you'll note that my photographic intentions are focused on interpretation, rather than description. I wanted
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Balancing act, Canyon de Chelly Balancing on a few feet of rock over a 1,000 foot drop is not for the faint...
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Stand of Aspen, Lukachukai, Arizona We not only traveled through deserts and canyons -- we had a chance to drive...
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Ship Rock and neighbors Ship Rock is a rock formation rising over the high desert plains of...
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Navajo Reservation, Northern New Mexico The Navajo homeland covers 26,000 square miles, occupying all of Northeastern...
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Road to Ship Rock Ship Rock is the erosional remnant of the throat of a volcano. It was...
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Legacy of fire, Mesa Verde National Park Mesa Verde occupies 84 square miles in Southwestern Colorado. It is known for...
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Ancient cliff house, Mesa Verde A shaft of light grazes the ruins of Mesa Verde's Spruce Tree...
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Baby sitting, Mesa Verde Museum I'm not sure if this man is baby-sitting the stuffed animal or the...
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Morning thoughts, Farmington I found this man having breakfast at a pancake house in the town of...
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Barn door, Nageezi I photographed this old barn door near Nageezi, New Mexico, on the...
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At the heart of Chaco Chaco Culture National Historic Park is a ruined ancient city in North...
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Doors of time, Chaco There are more than 30 ancient structures, built around 1,000 years ago, in...
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Death at Chaco While exploring the ruins of ancient Chaco, I found a small cemetery...
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Ghosts at Chaco Turn a corner in the ruined ancient city at Chaco Canyon and you might see...
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Sunset at Chaco Chaco was once the home of the Anasazi, the ancestral Puebloans. They...
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Last light, Fajada Butte Fajada Butte dominates Chaco Canyon. Rising 400 feet over the ancient...
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Jewelry vendors, Santa Fe Six Indian vendors await customers in front of the Santa Fe's...
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Cattle skulls, Santa Fe Much of Santa Fe is devoted to the marketing of a sentimentalized...
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Mixed metaphors in Santa Fe This "art" store targets those interested in theology, western...
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Wooden Indian, Santa Fe Indian culture is heavily marketed in Santa Fe, particular in the...
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Friars for sale, Santa Fe Religious subjects vie with Indian and western subjects as the most popular...
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Watchful waiting, Santa Fe When I saw her looking out of a Santa Fe shop window, I instinctively...
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In memoriam The last image I made in Santa Fe, and quite fittingly one of the last of my...
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