Friday Fotos: Arizona’s Monument Valley & the Indomitable Susie Yazzie

Bev Pettit & Susie Yazzie

In honor of Susie Yazzie’s passing, our Friday Fotos theme was Monument Valley/Navajo Culture. A huge thanks to everyone who shared their photos on our Facebook wall, especially those wonderful images of Susie herself.

Susie, you will be missed by your friends at Arizona Highways.

Ed Taube & Susie Yazzie

Peter Carroll & Susie Yazzie

Valerie Millett

Matt Veach

Bev Pettit

Jackie Klieger

Don Lawrence

Bev Pettit & Susie Yazzie

Jackie Klieger

Peter Carroll

Doug Koepsel

Marty Van Allen

Doug Koepsel

Photography by Saija

Peter James Nature Photography

Bob Miller

Ed Taube

Bob Martinson

Carolyn Gooding & Susie Yazzie

Valerie Millett

Stacy LeClair

Denis Serebriakov

Bob Miller

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Check Out the Arizona Highways Crew Working on the August Issue…

Managing Editor Kelly Kramer; Creative Director Barbara Glynn Denney; Editor/Boss Man Robert Stieve looking over Keith’s shoulder…

We just wrapped up the July issue of Arizona Highways and we’re already hard at work on our August issue.

Yes, we’re in the thick of things, but we thought it would be fun to share a day in our life. Yesterday, the gang crammed into Art Director Keith Whitney’s office to take a look at a layout he’s been working on for the last few days. Everything we do at Arizona Highways is a collaborative effort… and that’s a very good thing, because each month we create a top notch product.

As for how we work together, well, let’s just say comedy writer Robert Orben was absolutely right: “If you can laugh together, you can work together.”

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Just Another Day At The Arizona Highways Office

Editor Robert Stieve and Managing Editor Kelly Kramer

Every month, the gang on the editorial side of the magazine gathers to make final changes to an issue before it goes to the printer — we call it collating. The process can take several hours and often involves some debate…. Should we add this? Should we cut that? This doesn’t makes sense…. that does make sense…

Here, we’re editing the July issue and we think you’re going to go bananas when you see what we’ve packed in these pages… keep an eye out — it’ll be here before you know it.

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