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A cherub-faced little Navaho girl, dressed in traditional costume, asked me what I was looking through. She obviously had never seen a medium format camera before. I asked if she would like to see what I was looking at. After a resounding “YES” I held her up to look through the view finder. As she peered in the view finder, she giggled and said “Everything is upside down!” The image on my medium format camera’s view finder is reversed.
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As I lowered her down, a bus full of tourists pulled up and soon the French, German and Japanese people exited to gaze at the vista I was shooting. Out to the point in front of them rode an elderly Navaho man on his horse. He stopped on the outcropping and just posed there. The little angel, who I’d just introduced to my camera, pointed to the gentleman and proclaimed… “INDIAN FOR A DOLLAR!” You could see how proud she was of her grandfather, the elderly man on the horse. The tourists babbled in their native languages, scrambled for their cameras and willingly held out a dollar to take a picture of the “INDIAN FOR A DOLLAR!”
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Monument Valley, Fords Point, Utah, 1998.
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This is my most “touristy” of photos, and because of this little angel I find pride in what I do. This little girl, who showed me how “upside down” a situation can be, also showed me how proud you can be of what you do. Through this experience I was introduced to the beauty and grandeur of our magnificent South-West and through my travels this “upside down” world has become more fascinating, more incredible with every passing day. I now share my views of life and nature with you…
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