Navajo Nation, Page, Arizona.

A slot canyon is basically a baby canyon – they start as a crack in the sandstone that slowly widens and deepens with each rain. Heavy rains produce flash floods and eventually the crack becomes deep and wide enough that one can explore inside. Because the water erodes the bottom of the ever-evolving canyon more than the top, the canyon takes on a cathedral-like feel – wider at the bottom and narrow at the top – almost like a cave with cracks in the ceiling. On the desert’s surface, only a crack in the ground can be seen, but far below is an abstract wonderland – light bouncing through the carved wonders of erosion.

Exploring this abstract wonderland, I was struck with the symmetry and gradient nature of this particular crevasse. The alternating colors in the sandstone and the stains of the rock are accentuated by the light filtering down from above to create a striking and complex abstraction that somehow seems to possess fluid movement – thus the title, Voyage.