Piece description from the artist
This vertical documentary photograph captures the impressive scale of Crazy Horse Memorial as it is formed above the Black Hills near Custer, South Dakota. I photographed the monument in May 2026, highlighting the continued progress of this extraordinary granite carving on Thunderhead Mountain.
From this perspective, the detailed face of Crazy Horse draws immediate attention, while the emerging hand reveals the enormous size of the sculpture and the vision behind one of the world's most ambitious mountain carving projects.
Started in 1948 by sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, the memorial remains an active work in progress and serves as a lasting tribute to the Lakota leader and Native American culture. Each visit reveals new details carved into the mountain, making every photograph a unique record of its ongoing transformation.
This photo was taken by Jennifer White with Timeless Moments Photography. All images are copyrighted Timeless Moments Photography/Jennifer White. All rights reserved.
Jennifer White is a professional photographer from the Ozarks in Southwest Missouri, United States. She specializes in fine art and travel photography but also does real estate photography, portraits, weddings, commercial photos and more. In April 2018 she was internationally published in a woman's art magazine known as Women Art 278 based out of Germany, PracticeLink Magazine (winter 2022), and her 'Come On Spring Time' daffodil image was made into a USPS postage stamp (Jan 2023). She has also won various art contests online and locally. Her art and photography is sold world-wide. She enjoys traveling and showing the world the beauty in everything created by Lord through both nature and mankind.
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