Monument Valley Views No. 7
by Roger Passman
Title
Monument Valley Views No. 7
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.
Mitchell Mesa lies to the southwest of West Mitten Butte. Not often photographed because of the proximity to the Mittens and Merrick Butte, Mitchell Mesa is an imposing body of Navajo Sandstone that follows the right side of the loop road to the Three Sisters formation. I happened to turn to the right after taking time with the Mittens and saw the late afternoon light on the mesa, a view that just asked to be photographed, so I did.
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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 gallery are offered in this limited ed
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May 11th, 2017
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