Landscape photography is my passion. But, like most folks, I have varied interests. One of them is a fascination with Native American Rock Art that has grown over the years I’ve spent photographing in the American Southwest.
Some Rock Art is pecked or chipped into the stone surface (petroglyphs) and others are painted (pictographs). As you might expect, most petroglyphs have held up well, but time has been less kind to the pigment in pictographs.
Now, full disclosure. Unlike my landscape work which strives to capture the scene as my eyes see it, the photos shown here attempt to show the art as the original artist first saw it. In other words, I use my skills with processing and new software in an effort to remove the ravages of time.
Sophisticated software like D-Stretch can do an amazing job restoring faded pigment and when blended subtly and carefully in photoshop, the results can be amazing.
This portfolio is a collection of my favorites…enjoy!
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