Bryce Canyon Hoodoos, Rick Byerly
For Art Gallery Consideration Only.
No Publishing, Downloading etc Allowed. Copyrights Apply.
According to Paiute legend To-when-an-ung-wa, the Legend People, lived
before Native Americans inhabited the land, and their wasteful consumption
attracted the ire of the powerful God, Coyote, and he invited them to a great
feast where he promised them food for an entire day. The legend people dressed
in their most colorful clothing and sat down to take part in the feast. Before they
took their first bite Coyote cast a spell and turned them all to stone.
These images capture souls of various sorts, trapped in their ways. Until very
recently I could have been one of those hoodoos so I enjoy this particular
interpretation of the Paiute Legend. For many personal reasons it took me over one
year to start combing through these images and consider showing them.
After every storm these figures change, disappear, and reappear as different faces.
Rick Byerly
Photographed in August and September of 2008.
These images have very few adjustments, if any, made to them either in-camera or post.
Artist Statement:
I elevate the smaller elements in the natural world to center stage,
illuminating patterns of light, texture and motion amidst the unusual in nature.
Images in no particular order:
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the end.