Photograph by David Wallace
Returning to Their Roots
Lilian Hill will never forget the first time she walked into a grocery store. She was 8 years old and had traveled from Second Mesa, on Hopi Tribe land, to visit her grandmother who lived in…
Photograph by Steven Meckler
The Mexican Food Capital of the World and Elsewhere
The best breakfast I have eaten in my seven decades occurred one morning in 1985 in a home kitchen in Oracle, a tiny town on the back side of the Santa Catalina Mountains from Tucson. An elfin…
Photograph by Paul Markow
Q&A: Paul Markow
These photos of artist Douglas Miles show how a smartphone can be a useful scouting tool for photographers. The image above was made using an iPhone to give the subject…
Photograph Courtesy of Katie Malik
Phantom Ranch Turns 100
Phantom Ranch, at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, is turning 100 this month. But on the night of April 28, 1999, Warren Tracy was worried it wouldn’t make it to 80. “There’s a big railroad bell that…
Photograph by Scott Baxter
Focused on the West
Jay Dusard will settle for the chile relleno, he supposes. The enchiladas he’s loved for years are no longer on the menu at the Gadsden Hotel’s lobby restaurant.  The hotel, it seems, is a little…
Photograph by Paul Markow
Dead Serious
I don’t have much experience with dead wildlife. But I once had a friend who did quill work and was ecstatic when any of us found road-killed porcupines to take to him. I’ve also watched tribal…
Photograph by James Tallon
Walking Into Autumn
Here in Arizona, as “the swift seasons roll” to bring Autumn leaves tumbling round our ears, I am reminded anew of the poet who urged America to know herself. Where else has that ringing challenge,…
Photograph by Eirini Pajak
Creating a Buzz
Patrick Pynes and his partner, Sharon Lee Harris, live in a mountain oasis surrounded by natural beauty. Their 2.5-acre property northeast of Flagstaff offers a spectacular view of the San Francisco…