Photograph by Bill Hatcher
By the time I met Bob Stevens in December along a very muddy road on White Mountain Apache Tribe land, I’d been trying to get to the headwaters of the Salt River for six months. And if I were to…
Photograph by Jonathan Buford
EDITOR’S NOTE: Jonathan Buford grew up in Ohio, but after he moved to Arizona in the early 2000s, he fell in love with the concept of wilderness — and with landscape photography. Those two passions…
Photograph by Steven Meckler
JK: For several years, you and other photographers in the Tucson area have been sharing your knowledge with high school students. How did this get started? SM: I was invited to join a group at Pima…
Photograph by John Burcham
While most people find it difficult enough to live happily in one culture, Jason Nez (pictured) manages to thrive in three. He’s an employee at Grand Canyon National Park, where he navigates a large…
Muddy washes over the natural shelves of Grand Falls.
Residents of the Leupp Chapter of the Navajo Nation have closed Grand Falls — east of Flagstaff — to visitors until further notice, citing accumulation of overflowing trash and alcohol containers;…
Members of the Phoenix Boys Choir
The members of the Phoenix Boys Choir have taken the stage around the world for some notable performances over the past 75 years, including singing for presidents, the U.S Supreme Court and the U.S.…
Photograph by Michael Jennings
TRANSCENDENCE, SOLACE, serenity, inner peace ... your first encounter with a saguaro forest, a fantasy landscape that seems as improbable as a lake on the moon, fills you with none of these…
Photograph by Dawn Kish
I’VE LOST ROB KRAR. Well, kind of. It’s midafternoon on a Thursday, and we’re running a segment of the Arizona Trail near the San Francisco Peaks. Krar detours into the woods. So, I am — if only…