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NAU.PH.86.5.20.100101
Item number
142060
Creator
Parsons, John
Title
Sedona/Oak
Creek
[Unusual
events
or
fixtures]
Date
1986
Type
Image
Description
Just
upstream
from
Indian
Gardens
in
Oak
Creek
Canyon
is
a
small
plot
harboring
these
religious
statues
"
made
just
from
sand
and
water.
" They have been
around
for
many
years
and have
become
an
institution
in the
entire
region
, not
just
that
little
area
.
When
I
first
saw
them
I
thought
they were
pretty
hokey
but
I
have
since
fallen
in
love
with them, as have
uncounted
thousands
of
others
. A
few
years
ago
a
Phoenix
businessman
Dave
Pizer
bought
this
land
and the
acreage
around
it
. In the
summer
of
1986
, he
approached
Coconino
County
officials
for
permission
to
build
a
10
unit
"
retreat
house
" on the
very
site
of the
statues
. He was
denied
and
became
very
childish
about
the
whole
thing
. As
soon
as the
uproar
over
the
possible
removal
of these
statues
began
I
hustled
down
there to
take
pictures
of them.
I
had been
meaning
to
do
it
for
some
time
and
figured
they
might
be in
jeopardy
one
way
or
another
so
what the
heck
?
Sure
enough
in
early
October
,
someone
clubbed
the
heads
off
all
the
statues
!
I
couldn't
believe
it
!
I
first
saw
the
damage
as
I
was
headed
down
to
speak
in a
candidate
forum
at
Wayside
Chapel
in
Sedona
and
told
some
of the
media
people
about
it
but they
seemed
unconcerned
. In a
day
or
two
the
Phoenix
metromedia
picked
up
on
it
and
went
nuts
with the
topic
,
front
page
,
TV
, etc.
I
made
another
special
trip
to
get
pictures
of the
damage
. On a
campaign
trip
later
in
October
I
was
extremely
lucky
to
pass
by as
85-year-old
Ted
Conibear
was
resculpting
them with a
model
and a
big
crowd
. The
lighting
and the
mood
was
perfect
and
I
had a
fresh
roll
of
36
pictures
in the
camera
.
I
could
hardly
believe
my
luck
!
I
am
sure
Mr
.
Conibear
will not be with us
long
but he was in
fine
form
that
day
and
I
consider
these
pictures
priceless
!
Collection name
Parsons, John
Repository
Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights
Digital surrogates are the property of the repository. Reproduction requires permission.
Subjects
Statues
Sand
Sculptors
Places
Sedona (Ariz.)
Oak Creek Canyon (Ariz.)
Physical format
Color
transparency
Physical dimension
35mm
Master file name
142060.tif
Master file creation date
2011-06-16
Master file size
187310000
Master mimetype
image/tiff
Master file format
tif
Hardware
Imacon Flextight 848
Software
Photoshop 9.0
Master color scheme
RGB
Master image bit depth
16-bit
Master resolution
5000
Master compression
No compression.
Master pixels horizontal
6774
Master pixels vertical
4608
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