Cecely Sterling-Maisel

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Arches, Summer 2026

2026 · 21 photographs

Arches, occasionally with some friends.

A raven standing on bare slickrock at dusk with Delicate Arch and the La Sal Mountains behind it.
A raven standing on bare slickrock at dusk with Delicate Arch and the La Sal Mountains behind it.A twisted juniper standing under a long sandstone arch with the sun burning through the opening.A rounded arch high on a sandstone wall, its opening a dark eye against blue sky.The sun cresting a low sandstone ridge above a wide slickrock basin scattered with juniper.A small figure in a teal shirt standing at the foot of an immense sunlit sandstone wall, a curved shadow falling across it.A narrow slot canyon curving upward, one bright streak of sunlight running along its polished floor.A woman in white sitting on a rock at dusk with a raven perched a few feet away, red cliffs behind.Three people sitting together on slickrock watching Delicate Arch under a pink and blue evening sky.A lone figure standing on a sandstone fin, silhouetted against towering cloud.A person sitting on top of a rounded sandstone dome as the sun goes down behind broken cloud.A man and a child at the edge of a slickrock bowl, the low sun flaring around the rock beside them.A stone path leading toward North Window arch with the sun breaking over the rim and two figures on the trail.The underside of a long sandstone arch lit orange, cutting diagonally across a pale sky.A wide arch seen from beneath framing blue sky, with a tiny figure standing on the rock below it.A man in a wide-brimmed hat just visible over the crest of a sandstone slope against deep blue sky.A man in a hat standing on a bare sandstone slope, a second figure's head appearing over the crest below him.A figure standing in the opening of Turret Arch with the sun blazing through behind them.Black and white photograph of a figure standing on a rock shelf under a dark overhang, bright rock fins beyond.Two people sitting on boulders beside a car park at the edge of the red rock at midday.Black and white: two figures stand silhouetted in the mouth of a great sandstone arch against a bright clouded sky.A large brown moth resting with its wings spread flat against red sandstone.