Photo Galleries

Dawn Kish

2023 Humanities trip

Photos from a trip rich with musicians, writers, photographers, and filmmakers.


Elliot Ross

Geography of hope (2021-2024)

This exhibition ran at the Denver Botanic Garden from June 23, 2024 – Feb. 2, 2025. The project was created with support from Glen Canyon Institute, the Returning Rapids Program, and the Center for Environmental Journalism.


Will Buckley

June 2022

First time in the Glen


Dawn Kish

Tad’s emerging world (2021)

Dawn spent much of 2021 and 2022 exploring Glen Canyon with her trust Tad Nichols 4×5 camera. This project became “Glen Canyon Exposed”


Dawn Kish

2021 Ecosurvey

Dawn joined us on a preliminary survey with our researcher Seth Arens.


James Kay

Photos from 2003, 2011, 2014, and the umfa gallery

James Kay is a preeminent Wester photographer and made early trips to the restoring canyon when it first reappeared in 2003.


Philip Hyde

Historical photos

Philip Hyde is one of the most important environmental photographer of the 20th Century.


Phil Pennington

Historical photos

Phil Pennington first saw Glen Canyon from an airplane while looking for some students who got lost during a University of California Berkeley hiking trip. He was astonished by the view of Glen Canyon from the sky and made a number of trips down in the years after. Phil meticulously photographed the unique landscape of Glen Canyon and used that photography in the fight to protect it.


Grant Reeder

Historical photos

In the 1950s and 60s, Grant became enamored with rowing in Glen Canyon. He was one of the early river runners to document the landscape in the region.