For several years now, I have been working on a personal project photographing several of the lesser known Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi), Basketmaker and Freemont Indian sites of the American Southwest. While this is an ongoing project, I have created a new portfolio on my website to exhibit the current collection of photographs.
Window with platform
Titled Visions of the Past, the new portfolio features images of granaries (small structures used for the storage of food) and cliff dwellings (larger structures used for housing) that have been abandoned in the countless canyons of the Four Corners region. At a later time I will add photographs of rock-art sites including both petroglyph and pictograph panels.
Finished in a subdued sepia toning, all images represented in this portfolio are available as limited-edition prints of 50 each. Paper choices include lustre, metallic and watercolor.
Please click on any image for an expanded view.
Adam Schallau is a photographer whose work explores a variety of topics that
include the landscape, culture and people of the American Southwest and Rocky
Mountains. It is with a profound respect for the land, its people and their
history that Adam sets out to recapture the spirit of a place to tell a story
through his photography.
Adam is a recipient of the Luminous Landscape Endowment Award and was an Artist-in-Residence
at Grand Canyon National Park.
Wow, really nice collection, Adam. Well done!
Adam I am speechless……………..these are simply amazing!! Everyone needs to go to the new portfolio to see them!!! I love the sepia tone………it really adds to the photo!!
I like the window with platform.
These are great photos. I really like the mono look.
Hi Scott, thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I hope all is well.
Hi Sarah, as always, thank you for you comments and words of encouragement.
Hi Pat, the window with platform has always been one of my favorite sites. I often wonder why they built it that way. Having worked in retail for (too) long it reminds me of a service window.
Hi Estevan, deciding to present this collection in the mono look was a difficult decision for me. i love color and this place has a lot of that southwest sandstone on fire look, but a monochromatic palette seemed to be a better fit. Thank you for your comment!
Beautiful portfolio, Adam! I’d love to see these prints!
Adam:
Outstanding photos. I especially love the ones that have wooden threshholds and what appear to be handholds. I can imagine pulling myself up through that carrying a load of corn. Imagine doing that over and over and over. It’s your job. The walk from where the corn has been dried to the granary is your commute. Your brother or cousin or son helping you becomes a traffic snarl when he’s coming down a narrow place just as you’re lugging up a heavy burden. Don’t you think the one with the burden would have the right of way?
Yeah, your pictures make me daydream. I thank you for that.
I blog under “Anasazi Stories” at http://anasazistories.wordpress.com/, and I’ve added your gallery to my blogroll. I also sent out a Twitter recommendation. I like your stuff.