Hand Prints, the symbol for all Humanity
- June 6, 2017
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If there is a single image that could stand for all of humanity it is the negative handprint. I’ve seen the negative handprint reproduced on 6 continents and across all
Procession Panel, Bears Ears National Monument, Utah
- April 24, 2017
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Recorded March 2017 The Procession Panel, San Juan County, Utah The 15-foot long panel depicts 179 human-like forms coming from three different directions and converging on a central circle. Other
“In 15,000 years we have invented nothing!”
- April 14, 2017
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There is a story about Ancient Art and Pablo Picasso. The story is that he once visited Altamira, the famous Paleolithic cave in Northern Spain. Picasso was said to have
Ancient Art Archive launches the Unnamed Caves Initiative
- April 14, 2017
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The Unnamed Caves are one of the initiatives that the Ancient Art Archive is working on this year. Across the Southeast, there are prehistoric art caves. The locations are closely
New 3D model of Horseshoe Canyon, Utah
- March 28, 2017
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On the way back from a spring scouting trip to the Comb Wash / Bears Ears area of Utah I stopped to shoot a new model of the Great Gallery
Travel Photography with Smartphones
- February 14, 2017
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Join Stephen Alvarez in Santa Fe March 26-31 to explore what your smartphone can do. More information here. “You took that picture with a smartphone?” National Geographic photographer Stephen Alvarez
Why we need to record ancient art right now by Stephen Alvarez
- February 13, 2017
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Last year I started a project called the Ancient Art Archive to use photography and 3D modeling to preserve the world’s oldest art. One of the first questions that I
Stephen Alvarez on Shooting Chauvet and his new project The Ancient Art Archive
- February 10, 2017
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The Lion Panel of Chauvet, France by Ancient Art Archive on Sketchfab My newest project, Ancient Art Archive all grows out of a National Geographic Magazine story. I wrote about the experience
Lumia Smartphone shoots the Northern Lights!
- March 3, 2016
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Shooting the Northern Lights with a Lumia Smartphone by Stephen Alvarez It stuns me how fast imaging technology is changing. Not in DSLRs. They are fantastic but have not advanced
Shooting Chauvet: Photographing the World’s Oldest Cave Art on Proof
- January 5, 2015
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Read about how I photographed the world’s oldest cave art on NGM’s Proof Blog (here).