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Desert View Watchtower: Looking Up

Desert View Watchtower, designed by architect Mary Colter in consultation with Hopi artist Fred Kabotie and built in 1932, marks a unique viewpoint along the Grand Canyon's south rim. Made of native stone blocks, the structure emulates construction methods used by prehistoric Puebloan peoples. This frame-filling, up-angled vertical image encompasses the upper two-thirds of 70-foot tall edifice to simulate the vertiginous experience of standing close and looking up. Earth tones in the tower's construction materials and contrasting textures of its boulder base and stone block elevation add interest to this image.

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Desert View Watchtower, designed by architect Mary Colter in consultation with Hopi artist Fred Kabotie and built in 1932, marks a unique viewpoint along the Grand Canyon's south rim. Made of native stone blocks, the structure emulates construction methods used by prehistoric Puebloan peoples. This frame-filling, up-angled vertical image encompasses the upper two-thirds of 70-foot tall edifice to simulate the vertiginous experience of standing close and looking up. Earth tones in the tower's construction materials and contrasting textures of its boulder base and stone block elevation add interest to this image.
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