CANYONLANDS, UTAH

The grandeur and majesty of the final frontier may be without equal, but it has been so well documented that artists risk much by focusing on this heavily mythologised era. The excitement of just being there can impinge on creativity, a bit like a student of photography arriving in Paris for the first time.

But this cinematic photograph allows for a fleeting moment of proud retrospection. The light and the compositional balance works, and I can look at the print for some time – perhaps as much as any picture I have taken in the last couple of years. The image is as emotional as it is relevant.