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first in a series of personal odysseys that explore sacred earth sites. A joint project by photographer Scott Angus and Emily Sopensky. first in a series of personal odysseys that explore sacred earth sites. A joint project by photographer Scott Angus and Emily Sopensky.
Ominous Space. Darkened lens highlight the movement of clouds.
C o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h t h e A r t i s t Leaving Las Vegas on my way to southern California, I am in the Mojave Desert. The southern tip of Nevada is the northern-most part of the desert. Even in the desert there are trees. In this case, the limbs are stripped bare of leaves. But the resident phantasm exists. In the middle of the desert, this spirit survives. I was hiking and had stopped for a break. There it was. Sacred? I think so. It reached out to me and stopped me. It is an inspiration because it reaches up to the clouds. That is the real message here. Look up and embrace. That is the focus that I want to evoke. The viewer’s eye should go to the clouds. They are the dominant object. The dominant color is the contrast—the black of the tree. I would not crop this at all. 105
- Page 60 and 61: ON LOCATION 12 I A N A S A Z I R U
- Page 62 and 63: The Winding Way. Arizona Anasazi Ru
- Page 64 and 65: ON LOCATION 13 I Z U N I L A N D S
- Page 66 and 67: Split Tree in Black-and-White. A Zu
- Page 68 and 69: ON LOCATION 14 I E S C A L A N T E
- Page 70 and 71: Bleak Plateau. In black-and-white,
- Page 72 and 73: Sagacious Sage. A backward glance c
- Page 74 and 75: Sage Glance. The black and white ta
- Page 76 and 77: Waves Frozen in Motion. This image
- Page 78 and 79: Holding Pen. So much more depth sho
- Page 80 and 81: Escalante Plateau - the Fortress. S
- Page 82 and 83: Escalante Plateau Crevasse. The con
- Page 84 and 85: ON LOCATION 15 I C A P I TO L R E E
- Page 86 and 87: The Striped Tower The Striped Tower
- Page 88 and 89: ON LOCATION 16 I B RY C E C A N Y O
- Page 90 and 91: Pins and Needles. Depths of torture
- Page 92 and 93: s In the Shadows. Fortress of red r
- Page 94 and 95: s A Void. Forming a dark secret
- Page 96 and 97: Lake Protected by Rock. Beneficial
- Page 98 and 99: Ghost Mountain. The haunting of a l
- Page 100 and 101: ON LOCATION 17 I “ H OV ” H OV
- Page 102 and 103: Anasazi Cloud Crowd. Near Escalante
- Page 104 and 105: ON LOCATION 18 I Z I O N N AT I O N
- Page 106 and 107: In Between. Spiritual energy emits
- Page 108 and 109: ON LOCATION 19 I M O J AV E D E S E
- Page 112 and 113: ON LOCATION 20 I N E VA DA , O N T
- Page 114 and 115: s Warrior. Illustrating the narrati
- Page 116 and 117: ON LOCATION 21 I CAHOKIA, ILLINOIS
- Page 119: Glimpses of Prior Grandeur. A long
- Page 122 and 123: Peaceful Existence. At the foot of
- Page 125 and 126: C o n v e r s a t i o n s w i t h t
- Page 127 and 128: The Mississippi River and Watershed
- Page 131: Snake. Petroglyph, Tent Rocks, New
Ominous Space. Darkened lens highlight the movement of clouds.
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