Monument Valley Views No. 12
by Roger Passman
Title
Monument Valley Views No. 12
Artist
Roger Passman
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Prints/limited Edition Prints/licensing
Description
Monument Valley, one of the Navajo Nation Tribal Parks and, perhaps, the best known of those parks. In visiting here you experience one of the most majestic - and most photographed - points on earth.
This great valley boasts sandstone masterpieces that tower at heights of 400 to 1,000 feet. framed by scenic clouds casting shadows that graciously roam the desert floor. The angle of the sun accents these graceful formations, providing scenery that is simply spellbinding.
The landscape overwhelms, not just by its beauty but also by its size. The fragile pinnacles of rock are surrounded by miles of mesas and buttes, shrubs, trees and windblown sand, all comprising the magnificent colors of the valley. All of this harmoniously combines to make Monument Valley a truly wondrous experience.
This series of images represents visions of Monument Valley during my fourth visit to the park. The first visit was one of awe and wonder. Over time, the visits presented narrowed visions of the wonderful carved mesas, butes and spires as if newly seen again for the first time. This latest visit provided a number of views of the park that I had not seen before, nor will I see again. Ways of framing, of showing the so well known formations came to me as I wandered through the self-guided loop drive.
I photographed this image of West Mitten in the late afternoon in early May, 2017. While the image is stunning in color, I decided to also render it in a black and white version. Somehow, I still think in black and white when I am photographing. I think, perhaps, because a photograph re-presents a trace of the object being photographed, leaving only a two-dimensional view of place, black and white serves to explore the image without pretending to BE the place itself.
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A limited edition of 25 prints signed and numbered by the photographer are available directly from our studio. Sizes equivalent to any of the sizes offered as a print by demand through this online gal
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May 29th, 2017
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Janet Marie
Congratulations, for the Homepage Feature, in the Art Group, "BEAUTY OF ARIZONA," for the week of Friday, (12/04/20)! You are welcome to submit your featured artwork in the Group's discussion thread “2020 Thanks and Features Archive October-December." Thank you for sharing your artwork and being a member of the group. like/fave