Long Shadows

by John Bartelt

Title

Long Shadows

Artist

John Bartelt

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Photograph - Photography

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The late afternoon sun casts long shadows from Monument Valley monoliths as a line of cars negotiates Valley View Drive.

Hollywood producer, Walter Wanger, and Director John Ford made a movie here, titled “Stagecoach” that was released in 1939, starring a former stuntman named John Wayne. It won two Academy Awards and made Wayne a star; it also made the western a respected film genre.

John Ford would go on to shoot six more westerns in Monument Valley: My Darling Clementine (1946), Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), The Searchers (1956), Sergeant Rutledge (1960) and Cheyenne Autumn (1964). In addition to introducing the valley’s spectacular scenery to an international audience, each movie pumped tens of thousands of dollars into the local economy. The shoots were usually festive, with hundreds of Navajo gathering in tents near Goulding’s trading post, singing, watching stuntmen perform tricks and playing cards late into the night. Ford, often called “One Eye” because of his patch, was accepted by the Navajo, and he returned the favor: after heavy snows cut off many families in the valley in 1949, he arranged for food and supplies to be parachuted to them.

I am honored that “Long Shadows” has been Featured by the Administrators of the following Fine Art America Groups on their respective home pages:

1) “USA Photographers Only” 1-11-2019
2) “World Landscape Lovers Of Art” 1-14-2019


Original fine art photography by John Bartelt - Copyright 2010 - 2019 All Rights Reserved, WATERMARKS WILL NOT APPEAR ON PURCHASED IMAGES.

Keywords associated with this image include:
scenic landscapes, john bartelt, landscapes,monument valley,navajo reservation, buttes, erosion,formation,formations,four corners, geology,great mesas, landmark,landscape, majestic,monoliths, monuments,native,natural,navajo,orange,picturesque,red,rocks,sandstone,sandstone pinnacles,scenic, southwestern united states.,spires, tribal

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January 10th, 2019

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