by Alain Briot
Comb Ridge Clouds
Familiarity with a location as inspiration
I have been asked several times what this photograph of Navajoland is about. Every time my answer is the same: it is about Navajoland, but about an aspect of Navajoland that few people get to see. It is not about Monument Valley, Canyon de Chelly or Antelope Canyon, to name but a few of the most popular and better-known aspects of Navajoland. Instead, it is about a more discrete aspect of Navajoland, one that many drive-by unaware, one that most may not even see, yet one that most visitors do know and appreciate, but do not think of as the subject for a photograph. Rather, for many visitors the contents of this image are part of the ambiance of Navajoland, part of the feeling and the visual landscape that surrounds them. It is not why they went there necessarily, and hence they do not seek it. Rather, it seeks them.
To me this image captures a lot of what I love ...
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