Writer Joseph J. Airdo Photo by Kaelyn Loes [dropcap]J[/dropcap]anelle Loes believes that social media has created a community in which we all share only the most perfectly curated images from our lives — highlights that do not tell the full story. Comparisons to these apex moments are not only inevitable but also detrimental to the…
Writer Amanda Christmann Photography by Carl Schultz [dropcap]A[/dropcap]rtist Paul Pletka is notoriously private. At 73 years old, this renowned American neo-surrealist artist has never been one to demand a spotlight. In fact, he’s seldom even bothered with an interview. Instead, he allows his paintings and drawings of Native American warriors and shamans to speak for…
Writer Joseph J. Airdo Photography Courtesy of Keith Alstrin [dropcap]E[/dropcap]ach time that Amanda Huf designs a Christmas tree, she feels like she is sharing a personal piece of herself. “I am putting myself out there as a tree,” says Huf, who serves as the director of operations for Arizona Home and Holiday. Huf is just…
Writer Amanda Christmann Photographer Jon Linton [dropcap]I[/dropcap]f ever there was a truly inventive mind, it’s that of Jon Linton. Not only does Linton have the ability to view landscapes through an uncommon perspective, but he is also able to capture the synchronicity between color and emotion through the ironic use of black and white photography….
Writer Amanda Christmann Photography Courtesy of Holly Street Studio [dropcap]W[/dropcap]ithin the wide boundaries of the Valley are time capsules in plain view. From neighborhoods filled with low-slung houses to communities of stuccoed houses in neutral palettes, each community is a walk through a vastly diverse era in time when worldviews shifted from pre-war simplicity, to…
Writer Joseph J. Airdo Photography Courtesy of Sedona PhotoFest [dropcap]K[/dropcap]elli Klymenko still has his first camera—an Olympus 35mm that he got when he was only 12 years old. The Sedona-based artist, who has also served as the marketing director for Sedona Arts Center for the past nine years, has been fascinated with photography ever since…
Writer Amanda Christmann Photography Courtesy of the Barry and Peggy Goldwater Foundation
We’ve all witnessed the beauty of the desert, from its subtle seasons to its powerful storms, but Missouri-based photographer and author William Fields has captured its wonder in a whole new light. Through the use of infrared photography, Fields shares an almost other-wordly view of our own Arizona back yard. We’re thrilled to share his work in our pages.
The brilliant blue feathers of a macaw, the glistening red eye of a tree frog and the individually nuanced threads of fur on a cougar cub—they’re all part of Kyle Cass’s ever-expanding body of work. The collection is especially impressive considering that the artist is just 15 years old. Throw in the fact that Cass is colorblind and it’s practically astounding.
The sands of time have a way of honing the past, shaping and polishing it so that generations to come can judge it more clearly. At times, the decades or centuries reveal horrors we hope to never repeat. But sometimes what is revealed is nothing less than greatness.