For this month’s photo essay, Images Arizona invited members of Phoenix Camera Club — a collective of photography enthusiasts that has been in existence since 1932 — to share some of their favorite photographs that unequivocally illustrate that there is no place like Arizona in winter.
Writer Joseph J. AirdoPhotography by Rusty Childress The practice of decorating a tree for Christmas has some roots in religion, but the tradition actually branches back even further in history. Long before the advent of Christianity, ancient peoples hung evergreen boughs over their doors and windows in the winter with the belief that evergreens warded…
Writer Joseph J. AirdoPhotography by Tam Ryan [dropcap]O[/dropcap]riginally published in 1844 as “The New-England Boy’s Song about Thanksgiving Day,” Lydia Maria Child’s poem has become the quintessential celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday, evoking childhood memories of traveling through an autumn dreamscape on the way to a Norman Rockwell-esque dinner with relatives. The poem includes references…
Writer Joseph J. AirdoPhotography by Rycardo Bia [dropcap]D[/dropcap]arkness falls across the land. The Midnight hour is close at hand… You need only read those iconic words and your mind immediately transmografies them into their audible form, menacingly spoken by Vincent Price in Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Chances are, you heard Price’s foreboding voice and felt your…
Writer Joseph J. AirdoPhotography by Mark Laverman [dropcap]F[/dropcap]ew things on earth are as relaxing as lounging lakeside, wading in the water or simply sitting on a boat, staring at the beautiful light that bounces off the canyon walls. Fortunately, Arizona boasts a lot of lakes in every nook and cranny of the state from which…
Writer Joseph J. AirdoPhotography by Gerry Groeber [dropcap]I[/dropcap]ndependence Day may have come and gone but we are smack-dab in the middle of the real fireworks display. In 2008, National Weather Service officials decided that Arizona’s monsoon season would begin on June 15 and end on Sept. 30. Of course, the thunderstorms that bring rainfall may…
Writer Joseph J. Airdo // Photography by Cassell Archinuk [dropcap]T[/dropcap]here is just something about the sight of a road that fills one with hope, optimism and anticipation. Be it black pavement with yellow lines or simply dirt, one knows with absolute certainty that adventure awaits — especially when the destination itself remains out of sight….
Writer Joseph J. Airdo Photography by Bob Golembe [dropcap]C[/dropcap]an you feel it? Arizona’s temperatures are slowly starting to rise and soon they will begin to sizzle. For those of us who have lived in the Valley for any considerable amount of time, this sensation is far from unexpected. We know that summer marks the return…
Writer Joseph J. Airdo Photography by Samantha Starr [dropcap]I[/dropcap]f you live in one of our stunning Sonoran Desert communities and look outside your window at any given time of the day, there is a fairly good chance that you will see a pair of long ears peeking up amongst the wildflowers. Rabbits have become synonymous…
Writer Joseph J. Airdo Photography by James Green [dropcap]T[/dropcap]ry to accurately describe our astonishing Arizona terrain to someone who has never visited much less spent four full seasons in our great state and you will likely be met with some obstacles. Of course, we are well aware of its colorful charisma, but outsiders often believe…