Rivers of Change
Dawn kish
On November 13, 2025, Glen Canyon scientists, artists, and advocates gathered in Moab, UT for the Rivers of Change Symposium.
2023 Humanities Trip
Dawn Kish
Photos from a trip rich with musicians, writers, photographers, and filmmakers.
Geography of Hope (2021-2024)
Elliot Ross
This exhibition ran at the Denver Botanic Garden from June 23, 2024 – Feb. 2, 2025 and was featured at the Rivers of Change Moab Symposium on November 13, 2025. The project was created with support from Glen Canyon Institute, the Returning Rapids Program, and the Center for Environmental Journalism.
June 2022
Will Buckley
First time in the Glen
Tad’s Emerging World (2021)
Dawn Kish
Dawn spent much of 2021 and 2022 exploring Glen Canyon with her trusty Tad Nichols 4×5 camera. This project became Glen Canyon Exposed, an exhibit from April 2025-April 2026 at the John Wesley Powell River History Museum.
2021 Ecosurvey
Dawn Kish
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.
