Through the Camera Lens
The People at Nauvoo
Like Walking the Streets of Zion
Text and Photographs by Scot Facer Proctor

Note: Click on photos below for enlargements.

Nearly everyone I saw had a camera in his or her possession. When President Hinckley walked by the barrage of cameras of the press he said quietly, "If all the cameras in the world were thrown into the ocean there would be a great flood." He is used to being photographed and easily teases the press.

This precious Sister Allen was leading people on tours of the Carthage Jail. I asked her how many months she had left on her mission. She said, "about eighteen." I said, "How long have you been out?" She said, "Two days." She was full of the Spirit and about as pleasant a guide as there could be. I immediately told her that Maurine and I have a daughter entering the MTC this next week. She said, "Oh, my brother is going in the same day!" These missionaries are dear.

Nearly everyone who visits the Carthage Jail, like these folks, wants a picture taken by the impressive sculpture of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.

I just had to put this picture in (as it is such a familiar scene to me) of my dear wife, Maurine (right) as she interviewed Elder Gyle and Sister Marian Hollingsworth. Elder Hollingsworth was the head of quality control for the temple. Maurine can work a crowd so fast, interviewing everyone in her path, capturing their feelings of the moment for posterity.

I love this picture of the Saints. This group was just outside the gate of the Nauvoo Temple listening to the press conference President Hinckley gave by the west steps. They were responding at this moment to President Hinckley's contagious humor.

Start at the beginning of this article: Part 1

(All photographs Copyright 2002 Scot Facer Proctor)

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Scot and Maurine Proctor at the Southeast Cornerstone of the Nauvoo Temple on June 27, 2002.