In August, 2015, I was photographing in Utah. This is a photo of petroglyphs on a sandstone rock face. Sadly, the petroglyphs were riddled with bullet holes, and for example, “Bob was here in 1985’s” scratched over the original aboriginal art.

I erased the bullet holes and graffiti with Photoshop, then wrote in Photoshop AI “Ancestral Pueblo person in native clothing, facing rock wall, using rock tool, making a petroglyph”. This is the result of that prompt.

I have seen this desecration in many rock art locations in the American west. How could someone be so ignorant and uncaring of the art and history from their own country?

Nikon D3200, Nikon 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6, 2015

Photoshop and LrC, 2026

I keep saying to my self, "This is too easy, is this cheating ?