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by SantaFeJoe on Wed Dec 11, 2019 12:24 pm
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You will still be able to go, but not in the same ways as before:

https://petapixel.com/2019/12/11/antelope-canyon-is-shutting-down-its-photography-tours-due-to-crowding-and-negative-reviews/

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by Wade Thorson on Wed Dec 11, 2019 5:59 pm
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Why run a tour if everybody just complains about it? Or rather, why run a tour so badly that everybody complains about it. Either way since the Navajo Generating station is being closed, plan to see the Navajos acting like a cut throat corporation toward tourism now. Careful what you wish for. Sad state of affairs.
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by WJaekel on Sat Dec 14, 2019 9:57 pm
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Sad news, indeed. I'm really glad that I visited this amazing place 10 years ago. We were a small group of 6 serious photographers and had plenty of time to place our tripods and take pictures wherever we wanted to and also to explore the Canyon by ourselves. There was only a handful number of other visitors around. Times have dramatically changed since then and as the article says the popularity has raised thanks to the social media. I think it's the evil of the social media age that the selfie hype is going to turn more and more natural wonders and attractions into a circus for the masses self-absorbed in their narcissism.

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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Dec 17, 2019 1:37 pm
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Here is an aricle on the subject from the Arizona press:
https://www.azcentral.com/story/travel/ ... UopB7CgHxQ
 

by SantaFeJoe on Tue Dec 17, 2019 4:52 pm
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Another article:

https://petapixel.com/2019/12/17/my-las ... -tour-ban/

Some pretty impressive images accompany the article.

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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Dec 17, 2019 5:50 pm
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Interesting to think that the most expensive photo ever sol, Peter Lik's photo in Upper Canyon that was reportedly sold to Elton John for $6M, will not be possible going forward...
 

by SantaFeJoe on Tue Dec 17, 2019 5:54 pm
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E.J. Peiker wrote:Interesting to think that the most expensive photo ever sol, Peter Lik's photo in Upper Canyon that was reportedly sold to Elton John for $6M, will not be possible going forward...
Now it will probably sell for $60 million to another sucker with too much money and Peter Lik will raise his prices to astronomical levels!!! Oh, I forgot that they are already way out there!!!

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by neverspook on Thu Dec 19, 2019 3:01 pm
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Never been to Antelope, but is seems rather all or nothing thinking to totally eliminate photo tours. Why not offer fewer of them, say on Mondays or every other Tuesday? Or make Mondays photo tour day with general tours offered the rest of the week? While demand might be higher than tour availability doing that, at least it gives really serious photographers an option without compromising the experience of people on the general tours.

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