Cecely Sterling-Maisel

Series

Water in the Desert

2026 · 12 photographs

Photographs taken throughout Utah National Parks.

Four swimmers in a green canyon pool below a waterfall, a lone figure standing on the rim far above.
Four swimmers in a green canyon pool below a waterfall, a lone figure standing on the rim far above.A shallow waterfall spilling into a still canyon pool, the sky reflected in a band down the middle of the water.A swimmer's head above dark green water beneath a huge overhanging shelf of banded sandstone.A red dragonfly hovering over still golden water, a blade of grass curving in from the left.Three young people standing chest-deep in ochre water seen from above, two of them leaning together.Two small figures wading in a muddy pool at the foot of a broad tier of sandstone ledges.Blue sky and green trees reflected in rippling water, breaking into bands of ochre and black.Rounded cobbles of red, green and grey lying under a few inches of clear water.Red rock domes and a line of trees mirrored in flat water under a deep blue sky.A blurred reflection of green reeds and pale trees on the surface of still water.Wading birds scattered across the shallow flats of a desert salt lake, with low brown hills and a blue ridge beyond.Two swimmers in the plunge pool beneath a tall desert waterfall falling down a streaked sandstone wall.