Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Salvation Mountain is the creation of visionary folk artist Leonard Knight. His truck broke down in the California desert near Niland, Calif. at a spot known as Slab City. He originally planned to only stay a short while and build a small religious sculpture that said, God is Love. He would end up spending the rest of his life in the spot building what came to be known as Salvation Mountain, a legendary folk art creation. This is footage I shot with Leonard in 2008 and in 1988 not long after he began work on the mountain.
Salvation Mountain is the creation of visionary folk artist Leonard Knight. His truck broke down in the California desert near Niland, Calif. at a spot known as Slab City. He originally planned to only stay a short while and build a small religious sculpture that said, God is Love. He would end up spending the rest of his life in the spot building what came to be known as Salvation Mountain, a legendary folk art creation. This is footage I shot with Leonard in 2008 and in 1988 not long after he began work on the mountain.
