Cecely Sterling-Maisel

Series

Bryce Canyon and Escalante, 2026

2026 · 17 photographs

Stunning rock formations dotted with little trees.

A pine leaning across a narrow orange slot in the canyon wall, a single cloud in the blue above.
A pine leaning across a narrow orange slot in the canyon wall, a single cloud in the blue above.Ranks of orange and white hoodoos falling away below a pine-covered rim.A person in a straw hat sitting alone on the rim looking out across the canyon to distant plateaus.A wall of pale rock pierced by two window-like holes, a pine standing behind it against cloud.A trail running along the rim with a pine throwing a broad shadow across the path.A row of hoodoos, one balancing a dark cap stone, against tall summer cumulus.A tall pine growing straight up out of a narrow gap between orange canyon walls.A single young pine standing on a bare orange slope beneath overhanging branches.Pines silhouetted on the rim with the canyon and distant plateaus pale behind them.One small green tree growing from a pale rock ledge in front of a whole amphitheatre of hoodoos.Hoodoos lit from behind at sunrise, the sun rising in a gap between two spires.Black and white photograph of two people sitting in camp chairs on a bare ridge, the sun flaring between pines.The moon in a deep blue sky above a cross-hatched sandstone slope lit by late sun, a single tree on the ridge.A hiker in a green hat walks through a narrow sandstone slot canyon, silhouetted against swirling orange and cream rock wallsSunlight glows on the smooth orange sandstone walls of a narrow slot canyon, with a sliver of bright sky visible at the topClose-up of sandstone canyon rock, showing a smooth curved overhang casting a dark shadow over a gravel-covered floorA small lizard clinging to a smooth red sandstone rock face