They {the Diné} say one of the first clans - the Tsénjíkinií (Honey Comb Rock Clan) - emerged from the cliffs near what is now called the White House Ruin.

One of the pictographs painted in red high on the cliff to the left of the White House in Canyon de Chelly is a clear symbol for the sun in Japanese kanji: [-]

In the summer of 1983 I found myself touring the Southwest looking for a new place to live, and headed out to Canyon de Chelley for the 4th of July. This is my first photograph of rock art. The photographic image was quite a surprise to me at the time.
 
When I hiked down into the Canyon to White House ruins, I had left my tripod in the car as the sun was so bright. That was actually a mistake. I took this handheld photograph in the shade at f4 & 1/15 sec exposure. Despite that impediment, it's one of my sharper 35mm black & white photographs, primarily due to the quality of the light.
 
What initially appeared to be just a simple arrangement of four painted pictograph images, is actually an incredible interplay of the images and the rock form itself. With close observation, that darker form suggests to me an emergent human figure containing both a fish head, and an ancient unfinished face emerging out of its chest.
 
It's images such as this, that fuel my photographic journeys.