Pictures of ruined walls rarely interest me. I look instead of images that tell a story and reflect human values. I watched as this man studied the ruin of the Wupatki Pueblo, a 100-room structure that housed 85-100 people about 800 years ago. The Hopi, Navajo, and Zuni still tell stories of what happened here. Perhaps such stories are running through the imagination of this man as he stares awestruck, his hand resting upon his heart, into the structure before him. I made this photograph with a long telephoto focal length from a great distance away. I never interrupted his study – he must have stood there for several minutes, lost in what appears to be deeply reverent thought.