Photograph by Bill Hatcher
Inside The Box
We were camped in a narrow corridor of black cliffs that actually felt like a box, but it hardly felt claustrophobic. A whisper of breeze carried the rich, muddy scent of the river. Wispy clouds…
Photograph by Jerry Jacka
The Miracle of Hopi Corn
Editor’s Note: As a general rule, photographers tend to focus on one of the various disciplines of the art form: landscape, portrait, macro, lifestyle. There aren’t many who excel in all of the above…
Cowboys stand in front of a ranch building in this black and white photograph
The Secret World of Vaqueros
 Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West recently announced the upcoming opening of Vaqueros de la Cruz del Diablo/Cowboys from the Cross of the Devil, the captivating photographic exhibition…
Postcard: Susan Arreola Postcard Collection, Arizona Room, Phoenix Public Library
Greetings From Phoenix
From an East Camelback Road Airbnb, I drive to Van Buren Street in Phoenix to see Douglas Towne, a writer and preservationist with the Society for Commercial Archeology. Before freeways, Van Buren…
Photograph by Claire Curran
We've Been Down This Road Before
Laurence Parent A thunderstorm forms near Big Lake, one of the largest reservoirs in the White Mountains, at sunset. A popular boating and fishing destination, Big Lake…
Photo: ARIZONA STATE LIBRARY, ARCHIVES AND PUBLIC RECORDS
A Long Strange Trip
Upon haphazardly throwing a bedroll, thermos, shovel and revolver into a Chrysler roadster named Betsy, author Hoffman Birney set off on an early iteration of the great American road trip in 1928.…
Photograph by Joel Hazelton
Making A Beeline
The southernmost miles of the Beeline Highway are uninspiring. A miasma of power lines intersect overhead. An active mining operation hacks into the crumbling banks of the adjacent Salt River. Ragged…
Photograph by Jack Jordan
Q&A: Jack Jordan
JK: What is Camp Courage, and how did you get involved? JJ: Camp Courage is the Arizona Burn Foundation’s annual camp in the Prescott area for children and teenagers who are burn survivors. The camp…