utah – Joey Priola Wilderness Photography

Photo of the Week

Warm evening light illuminates magnificent sandstone fins in Utah’s Arches National Park, while a long exposure renders the passing clouds as streaks of white. Although the sandstone formations pictured in this photo may seem permanent and unbreakable, with the passage of time, they will be ground down to dust. In the process, though, the forcesContinue reading “Photo of the Week”

Photo of the Week

On the final evening of an unforgettable week exploring Arches National Park and the greater Moab area, my dad and I took one last ride into the park for sunset. Having driven every inch of the park road several times over in the previous days, I was beginning to think that I had already learnedContinue reading “Photo of the Week”

Photo of the Week

The stone is alive Holding luminous moonlight like an ember from the hottest fire Light that is softer than a cloud. Light that has energy Light that IS energy Light that makes us forget the pain of the past The uncertainty of the future Light that fills our consciousness Leaving room for nothing but theContinue reading “Photo of the Week”

2024 Calendar

2024 wall calendars are now available for purchase! This year’s calendar features wilderness images from the Adirondack Mountains, Canadian Rockies, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, New Hampshire’s White Mountains, Pennsylvania’s Ricketts Glen State Park, Oregon, Utah and coastal Maine. The image for each month and calendar grid are both 11″ x 8.5″. All major USContinue reading “2024 Calendar”

Intimate Landscape Assignment

This photo is currently featured in the latest issue of Landscape Photography Magazine. Zion National Park’s Virgin River Narrows is regarded as one of the most fascinating and unique hikes in the world, and for good reason. Almost the entire hike is spent wading in the ankle to waist deep Virgin River, which at certainContinue reading “Intimate Landscape Assignment”

Photo of the Week

A dramatic autumn sunrise from Utah’s Coyote Gulch, the morning after a thunderstorm turned the trickling October creek into a silty torrent. Since there was no spring near our campsite, my friend and I were forced to drink this “chocolate milk” for the duration of our backpacking trip in Coyote Gulch – not quite asContinue reading “Photo of the Week”