Studio photo shoot with giant ant model. Photo by Joseph Boldt.
Steven Meckler: This is My Story
When it comes to portrait photography, I try to tailor each photo to the subject and the story being told. For the May 2024 issue of Arizona Highways, I was assigned to photograph Anna Dornhaus, a…
Exterior of a building at Taliesin Institute, constructed with local desert rocks. Photograph by Andrew Pielage.
Taliesin Institute
Under a cloudless morning sky, 10 architecture students from Washington State University and their professor roll out yoga mats on the lawn of a secluded courtyard at Taliesin West (pictured), Frank…
Tesota
Chef Doug Robson Brings Tesota to Phoenix
Renowned chef and restaurateur Doug Robson is adding to his line of restaurants in Phoenix. Tesota is the newest addition to Robson's Phoenix operations, which include Gallo Blanco and Otro Cafe. …
A visitor to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park looks through a telescope during the Grand Canyon Star Party. Photograph by John Burcham.
The Dawn Of The Dark Age
When you’ve been driving for seven hours in search of a starry sky, there are a few things you don’t want to see near the end of the trip. Clouds are one of them. My wife, Jen, and I are…
Illustration by Chris Gall of cowboys leaning over corral fence with pot of beans in the foreground..
The Showoffs
Cowboys learn early that they are showoffs, but they also learn that to show off without style, or to make a brag, is no good. Besides that, no matter how much of a flash a cowboy is, he won’t look…
A Grand Canyon motor rafting trip prepares to launch into the Colorado River at Lees Ferry. Photograph by Dawn Kish.
Preparing For Takeoff
The boats might be dories, jumbo motor rigs or modest rowing rafts, and the groups might be large or small. But one thing is constant when it comes to rafting trips through the Grand Canyon: After…
Dave Foster casts up and across the Colorado River at Long Bar. Photograph by Scott Baxter.
A River Runs Through Him
As the sun dips behind the sandstone walls of Marble Canyon, the temperature dips, too. It’s 4:15 p.m., and Dave Foster stands in waders in the middle of the Colorado River, water up to his waist. We…
Hanging foliage grows along a perennial spring that feeds East Clear Creek. Photograph by Joel Hazelton.
The Unexpected Nature of Arizona
Delicate wildflowers bloom among the leaves of corn lilies in the Chiricahua Mountains of Southeastern Arizona. As a “sky island” range, the Chiricahuas harbor many…