Graffiti at Monarch’s Cave

stone dwellings of Anasazi people and natural pigments stains on the rock face

Anasazi Ruins with Natural Graffiti

Utah, U.S.A. 2013

The pigment stains on the rock face above the Anasazi ruins form an abstract mural. Here, because I have added a strong contrast, the dark streaks seem to spell doom for the people who lived here.

Pigment stains on the rock face of a cliff at Cedar Mesa, Utah form an abstract painting

Abstract from Nature

Here the colors are more realistic, softer and prettier. I shot many versions. Who could improve on these strokes?

 

 

 

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