Tséyi
'Deep in the rock', Upper Antelope Canyon. Layers of folded and weathered Navajo sandstone illuminated by filtered afternoon sun in the Arizona desert.
In such a familiar and popular location as this, my aim with this photograph is to portray a slightly more abstract perspective than standard postcard landscape pictures. To do this, I decided to mimic the layers of folded sandstone by simply composing my own 'layer' or slice of the canyon wall by selecting a relatively small section of strata to focus my study.
This image took a deceptively long time to consider and create, my aim to evoke the same essence of feeling I experienced by running my hands along the grooves and furrows of the sandstone. Solid, cool, continuous, ancient and timeless. This photograph sooths my soul with that essence.
capture: film | paper: fujiflex crystal archive | edition: limited 200
