Mark Andrews - Behold Heaven and Earth

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Havasupai - paradise of peace

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I carried a 4x5 field camera in an 85-pound loaded backpack for a week-long camp trip to Havasu Canyon, while leading my troop of 18 boy scouts. Not unlike herding cats – maybe more like puppies – the 14-mile trip was worth it in so many ways. I’ve always been grateful that the Havasupai tribe allows for visitors while controlling the effects of humans on nature. My experience while making the image was a mix of senses. It combined the deafening roar of the falls with a soothing swirl of cool water where I sat in the river up to my waist on a rim of travertine stone, tripod anchored in the water. Somehow, I managed to make the image when all the boy scouts were either just out of sight behind the falls, or underwater for a moment.

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I carried a 4x5 field camera in an 85-pound loaded backpack for a week-long camp trip to Havasu Canyon, while leading my troop of 18 boy scouts. Not unlike herding cats – maybe more like puppies – the 14-mile trip was worth it in so many ways. I’ve always been grateful that the Havasupai tribe allows for visitors while controlling the effects of humans on nature. My experience while making the image was a mix of senses. It combined the deafening roar of the falls with a soothing swirl of cool water where I sat in the river up to my waist on a rim of travertine stone, tripod anchored in the water. Somehow, I managed to make the image when all the boy scouts were either just out of sight behind the falls, or underwater for a moment.