Indian Country

Arizona Window, Meteor Crater, 2000

This photograph was taken at the visitor center ofMeteor Crater, AZ. It symbolizes for me the archetypal tourist viewing and photographing the landscape of this desert and mountain state. A photograph of a photographer in a picture window. How poetic.

In early December, 2000 fellow landscape photographerSteve Kossackand Videographer / DirectorChris Sandersonand I spent a week traveling some 1,800 miles through the area of the Southwestern U.S. known asIndian Country. This area, the so-calledFour Cornersregion ofArizona,Colorado,New MexicoandUtahis home to theNavajo Nationas well as other native Americans. It also is one of the premier locations for landscape photography in the Southwestern United States.

I have photographed in this area frequently on this trip and returned to several of the sites visited for a second or even third time. The weather was cold (below freezing at night and mid-50's during the day) but the plu...