by John Blaustein
Editor’s Note: Our special guest, renowned photographer and author, John Blaustein, pays a second visit to AmericanWestTravel.com to showcase some of his Inner Canyon favorites. John spent ten seasons photographing the Grand Canyon while working as a guide rowing dories down the Colorado River. In so doing he developed an eye for the canyon’s beauty which very few people have achieved or ever will achieve. In the photos on this page, John interprets nature as art in ways few of us would consider.
Now, as a top professional photographer, John offers his Grand Canyon photos as large format prints with the highest quality materials and processing methods. If you’d like to own such a work of art, please visit his website: johnblaustein.com.
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“Rock sculpture” in the Supai formation, photographed from the boat just below Sheer Wall Rapid.
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Mile 20. A pool carved into the Supai formation about a mile from the river up North Canyon.
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Mile 93. Granite Falls at sunset. A long exposure time produced the soft effect in the water; broken clouds provided the spot lighting on the far wall.
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Blue sky and golden canyon walls reflected in the river as it flows over shallow rocks.
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Blue sky and golden canyon walls reflected in the river as it flows over shallow rocks.
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A redbud tree in the gorge above Deer Creek Falls.
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Near Mile 166. Downstream view, floating toward National Canyon in the late afternoon.
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