Jeffrey Stoner
Fine Art Photography
This Fall I spent a week in northern Arizona and southern Utah photographing the buttes and
mesas of Monument Valley and the canyons near Page Arizona.These images were taken in Lower Antelope Canyon, near Page Arizona, which is within the Navajo Nation and is called Hasdeztwazi which means "spiral rock arches". The sandstone and corkscrew formations that make up the canyon are actually petrified sand dunes formed when this part of northern Arizona was an ocean.
I entered the canyon through a hole in the desert floor and descended a ladder/staircase into a slot formed long ago by flash-floods. It felt surreal leaving the bright flat surface of the desert and entering the dark narrow slot canyon below.
Once my eyes became acclimated to the dark I began to make my way through the canyon. The path twisted and turned and at
times was no more than shoulder width. I never knew what to expect as I rounded each bend other than it would be astonishing. Unusual rock formations, colors from plum to yellow and alcoves lit from within were all around me.As I made my way through the canyon I descended a series of metal ladders anchored into the walls that ranged from 3’ to 25’ long. At the end of the canyon there is a metal staircase that leads back to the surface.
Instead of exiting, I turned around and made my way back through the canyon. Going the opposite direction gave me a whole new perspective and the opportunity to be astonished all over again.
This canyon is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen.
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