Monument Valley

This Monument Valley Photograph is a grand a beautiful view of one of the most amazing places in the country, Monument Valley, not only because of the formations but also because of the historical contribution to the early film industry, having been featured in nearly every John Ford movie. Most notably, Stagecoach (for me at least). The colors are always epic and scenery free of tourists. This would make a great center piece for any landscape and western lover!TITLE: Monument Valley

Monument Valley, ArizonaCarol M. Highsmith (born 1946) is a photographer, author, and publisher who has photographed all 50 of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for 30 years. She specializes in documenting architecture, ranging from the monumental to the everyday and whimsical. Highsmith is donating her life ’s work of more than 100,000 images, copyright-free, to the Library of Congress, which established a rare one-person archive. Out of 14 million images, the…

This Monument Valley Photograph is a grand a beautiful view of one of the most amazing places in the country, not only because of the formations but also because of the historical contribution to the early film industry, having been featured in nearly every John Ford movie. Most notably, Stagecoach (for me at least). The colors are always epic and scenery free of tourists. This would make a great center piece for any landscape and western lover!TITLE: Merrick Butte, Monument Valley

I often think about paintings in layers. There are stages where the paper shines through (to create a moon, perhaps) and layers where the pigment lays thick and velvety. It is a constant play of adjustment. Careful yet intentional. Sometimes a tiny speck of color and sometimes a bold dark brushstroke.Towers such as these in Monument Valley have been through 50 million years of erosional activity. We only see an infinitesimal glimpse of what they have been on their journey. This desert was…

Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, which is mostly in Arizona but spills into Utah.Carol M. Highsmith (born 1946) is a photographer, author, and publisher who has photographed all 50 of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for 30 years. She specializes in documenting architecture, ranging from the monumental to the everyday and whimsical. Highsmith is donating her life ’s work of more than 100,000 images, copyright-free, to the Library of Congress, which established…

Portrait of the American West - Monument Valley Arizona by Carol Highsmith.

Monument Valley, ArizonaCarol M. Highsmith (born 1946) is a photographer, author, and publisher who has photographed all 50 of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for 30 years. She specializes in documenting architecture, ranging from the monumental to the everyday and whimsical. Highsmith is donating her life ’s work of more than 100,000 images, copyright-free, to the Library of Congress, which established a rare one-person archive. Out of 14 million images, the…

Arizona Monument Valley Sunset Wall Art will refresh your mind and soul whenever you stop and stare at it. This high-quality art print will complement any room in your home and soothe your senses with nature's beauty.

Monument Valley, AZ

The buttes of Monument Valley, near the Arizona-Utah state line in the Navajo Nation, are among the most-photographed symbols of the American Southwest. Instantly recognizable, these million-year-old sandstone formations tower hundreds of feet above the desert floor. In the early 1930s, an enterprising local businessman sent photographs of Monument Valley to Hollywood studios, and invited them to film Westerns in the unspoiled landscape. Few studios responded, but in 1938, director John Ford…