Archival digital print
10.5x14 inches
$400 framed, $200 unframed

This is a view of the south unit of Wupatki Pueblo as seen from the west. Builders incorporated a block of cliff face that naturally protruded from the small butte. The wall seen here is the backside of a room that has a very large doorway facing a circular plaza to the east.

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20x15 inches
$550 framed, $300 unframed

The structures at either side of Box Canyon are simple room blocks and a mosaic of color. Lomaki Pueblo is seen nestled in grassland at the center of the print. A dramatic cloudscape bring rains to the dry steppe.

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20x15 inches
$550 framed, $300 unframed

Collared lizards can be seen in the vicinity of Lomaki Pueblo during the heat of summer. They are sometimes unconcerned when Park visitors work to get photos of them. This photo was taken from just a few feet away with a lens that is wide enough to capture 180 degrees of view. 

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10.5x14 inches
$400 framed, $200 unframed

The northern unit of Wupatki Pueblo incorporates massive boulders into the construction. This east-facing door is large and opens toward a circular plaza. The Ballcourt and Blowhole just north of this complex are very unique.

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10.5x14 inches
$400 framed, $200 unframed

The south unit of Wupatki Pueblo includes a multi-story complex that has been fitted between enormous boulders. The nearly 900-year-old walls appear to taper off into open space.

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10.5x14 inches
$400 framed, $200 unframed

Looking into the south unit of Wupatki Pueblo from the east, the viewer sees into the largest free-standing pueblo in Northern Arizona at its time. This village had four stories and more than 100 rooms.

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20x15 inches
$550 framed, $300 unframed

The Hopi Mesas east of Wupatki National Monument are a high point where clouds in the region usually form. During sunrise, It is unusual for skies to be clear over the Hopi Mesas while rain is falling over the lower elevation terrain at Wupatki Pueblo. The photographer has only seen this combination occur once, and the rainbow seen here lasted only a few minutes.

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30x19 inches
$700 framed, $400 unframed

Wukoki Pueblo has been built atop a block of rock rising from the plains like a ship on the sea. Rains blowing from every direction have created a prism display while scooting across a wide expanse.

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Archival digital print
30x22.5 inches
$700 framed, $400 unframed

The people who lived at Lomaki Pueblo were dry-land farmers who surrounded themselves with corn fields. All these years later, native grasses grow tall. The storms that blow in and out are raw and can cause damage. This is one reason the people built with stone.

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15x20 inches
$550 framed, $300 unframed

Wukoki Pueblo was built on a platter. Carefully shaped stones were placed by master stone masons who built with very little need for mortar. This western wall has stood tall in defiance against the prevailing winds for 900 years.

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20x15 inches
$550 framed, $300 unframed

Taking in all of Wupatki Pueblo at close range is accomplished here with an 8 mm fisheye lens. The clouds spilling in are a dazzling display that put this lens to good use.

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20x15 inches
$550 framed, $300 unframed

An electrifying storm cell arrives from the west bringing lightning and hail. One can watch the storms approach Lomaki Pueblo from the San Francisco peaks for an hour or longer before receiving the blast. This photograph is charged with excitement.

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20x15 inches
$550 framed, $300 unframed

The names George and Gracie have been given to a resident pair of ravens that are always present at the Wupatki visitor center. One wonders where they are when at least one of them is not around. It would be easy to believe that the raven seen at Wukoki Pueblo must be different than one seen at Wupatki Pueblo, but they are like caretakers in the way they keep an eye. When filming clouds during a time lapse sequence, a single frame recorded this image of a raven including itself. The clouds overhead are like a thought bubble in a cartoon.

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10.5x14 inches
$400 framed, $200 unframed

The Hopi use this word for the Dipper and it translates as “Star Thrower” or “Star Sling.” Looking north, the south unit of Wupatki Pueblo is illuminated by the Moon. The clouds are the first to form pre-dawn. All of the ancient buildings we see at Wupatki National Monument were built by the ancestors of the Hopi, Zuni and other Puebloan people.

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10.5x14 inches
$400 framed, $200 unframed

The view here is looking south at Wupatki Pueblo’s north unit. The photograph was taken during July’s New Moon when the skies are at their darkest. These two night sky images are opposite perspectives in many ways while being complementary.

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Archival digital print
30x22.5 inches
$700 framed, $400 unframed

The San Francisco Peaks are universally sacred and symbolic in Northern Arizona. Kachinas reside here part of every year, and they gift precipitation to the people who call the region home. Northern Arizona would be a dry place without them.

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10.5x14 inches
$400 framed, $200 unframed

Wukoki Pueblo is seen here from the north during a light rain. The impressive wall is practically industrial in scale and unlike anything natural or human built for miles in any direction. The photo was taken while native masons packed tools and stabilization equipment away at the end of their work day.

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10.5x14 inches
$400 framed, $200 unframed

The circular amphitheater on the east side of Wupatki Pueblo may be an open great kiva or served as a plaza. Whatever its purpose, it is not difficult to imagine it having been a hub of activity. Very large in diameter, this photo shows part of the bench that rings the perimeter of the structure. From here, one looks up at the entire Wupatki Pueblo.

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Archival digital print
30x22.5 inches
$700 framed, $400 unframed

The location for Lomaki Pueblo is set on a steppe of windswept earth. It’s not unusual for Park visitors to return to their vehicle rather than walk the few minutes to the site. Wind and intense sun are typical. If the camera can be stabilized, terrific storms can be captured.

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Archival digital print
30x22.5 inches
$700 framed, $400 unframed

Photographing Wupatki Pueblo in sunlight with dramatic or interesting clouds over the site can be the greatest challenge. Seen here are the earliest stages of monsoon clouds forming mid-morning. Half an hour after this photograph was taken, the sky was completely overcast and rains were setting in.

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Archival digital print
30x19 inches
$700 framed, $400 unframed

The experience of visiting Wukoki Pueblo can be an exhilarating one. The trail leads onto a high platform where one finds oneself on a plaza overlooking the entire basin. The landscape is an entirely sacred one, and this vantage point allows one to survey seemingly everything. This is a magnet for breeze. The name for this image is inspired by the big sister grabbing her sister’s hand and leading her to someplace real or imaginary.

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Archival digital print
20x15 inches
$550 framed, $300 unframed

For this project, I found myself set up at Wupatki Pueblo for sunrise every morning. The earliest Park visitors arrive just after 9:00 a.m. during the summer months. Spending four hours in this place every morning allowed the place and the history to sink into me. The perspective shown here is my personal favorite.

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Archival digital print
20x15 inches
$550 framed, $300 unframed

Being someone who primarily photographs storms, spending five months living at Wupatki National Monument during 2022 was a dream come true. Locals will recall this being one of the wettest years in recorded history. Wupatki Basin is a very dry place, and it only shows its green in the subtlest way.

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20x15 inches
$550 framed, $300 unframed

Seen here is the southern unit of Wupatki Pueblo from the west. I believe the builders valued harmony with landscape to a great extent. Before the eruption of Sunset Crater, this outcrop of rock was a small butte at the heel of a wash. It only took a generation or two before a large village had been wrapped around the sandstone block.

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