Photography

The Road to Taliesin West

https://youtu.be/o9AuiVH7aFA The Road to Taliesin West I had the privilege recently to join a group of exceptionally talented photographers and photograph Taliesin West, a UNESCO World Heritage site, a few weeks ago. This is the view from my car's dash cam that takes you on the road through the pristine Sonoran Desert up to the… Continue reading The Road to Taliesin West

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Pedro E. Guerrero’s baby saguaro all grown-up.

While watching the PBS American Masters episode on the life, work and career of acclaimed photographer Pedro E. Guerrero, a photograph he created caught my eye. Guerrero's photograph of Taliesin West, likely taken in the 1930s or 40s from the dirt road leading up to Taliesin West, showed a small saguaro cactus about two feet… Continue reading Pedro E. Guerrero’s baby saguaro all grown-up.

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Camelback Mountain from Taliesin West

  The view of Camelback Mountain from Taliesin West. Scottsdale, Arizona In the 1940s, when Frank Lloyd Wright learned that power lines were going to be built on the edge of Taliesin West, interrupting the view across the valley towards Camelback Mountain, he started a fight to stop the construction, demanding they be buried underground.… Continue reading Camelback Mountain from Taliesin West