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I took this photograph directly south of our ranch, looking across the northeast arm of the Black Rock Desert to Pinto Mountain and the Black Rock Range. This area is now a part of the "Wilderness Study Area".
Merv is a well-known Nevada cowboy and helped us with spring branding. He and his horse Roller are a part of our book, "Fifty Miles From Home, Riding the Long Circle on a Nevada Family Ranch".
When I am hiking and waiting for the right light, it's always a treat to come upon something in nature that feels just perfect. Stone Baby was one of those times.
Several years ago I photographed most of the Elders of the Fort McDermitt Tribe. Eileen was born in 1910, a Pitt River/Paiute Indian. She is a very proud Elder, and rightly so. She made this dress, as well as many others. She lives in a comfortable home at the reservation with loving family. The photographs are on display in the Humboldt County Library in Winnemucca.
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