Gallery

Moments along the way

The people, the medicine, the ceremony, and the land.

Holding Bufo (Otac) in ceremony In traditional dress at a sacred site Shell and bead ceremonial necklaces and tools Walking the village in traditional dress Cradling the toad close By the Sea of Cortez in ceremonial red Receiving ceremonial face paint Together at sunrise on the coast The group on the land in Sonora Visiting historic pyramids together Meeting Bufo during the collection Holding Bufo (Otac) with care With the toad on a desert night Meeting the toad face to face Bufo (Otac) up close The toad on the desert ground Holding Bufo on a desert night Receiving ceremonial face paint in the desert A guardian holding Bufo during a night ceremony With the medicine in the Sonoran desert Community gathered around the ceremonial fire Gathered together in ceremony Greeting the sun on the Sea of Cortez The community on the land in Sonora Walking sacred stone sites together A bird nest atop a saguaro against the desert sky Celebration on the desert land On the land together A moment in ceremony Among the saguaros Community and land A gathering A Comcaac elder with a hand-woven basket Together in the desert Héctor Benton By the water in ceremonial dress Comcaac women in ceremonial dress dancing on the shore of the Sea of Cortez A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora A moment from the journey with the Comcaac in Sonora On the land in Sonora The fire ceremony at night