Jerad Raines Photography

Gallery · 67 prints

Desert Southwest Photography Prints

I moved to southern Utah looking for my next adventure in a new ecosystem, and came away a full-blooded desert rat. It's a landscape that rewards patience and persistence — you have to commit before it lets you in. Once you do, it's everywhere: ferns seeping out of a slot canyon wall, a hundred million years of sediment stacked up and color-coded, bands of wild horses constantly on the move. More life than the word barren has any business implying.

The desert can feel isolating or calming. After you spend time with it you realize it's just a mirror of whatever you bring with you. Images range from the desert national parks to the slot canyons around Page and Kanab, out to the quieter state park country in between. Each available as a limited edition fine art print.

Locations in this collection: Zion & Kolob Canyons · Bryce Canyon · Capitol Reef · Arches · Canyonlands · Grand Canyon · Death Valley · Gunlock · Snow Canyon · Joshua Tree National Landmark · Valley of Fire · Cathedral Gorge · Antelope Canyon · Horseshoe Bend · Monument Valley · Kanab · Vermilion Cliffs

Monument Valley at sunset Persistence of Time Monument Valley, Utah-Arizona 01 Antelope Canyon entrance at night looking out to a starry sky, Page, Arizona Cosmic Rift Page, Arizona 02 Snow across the buttes of Monument Valley Snow Mittens Monument Valley 03 Near-monochrome slot canyon interior with a single glowing warm light source at a narrow opening, dark rock fin in the foreground, Page, Arizona Smoldering Page, Arizona 04 Clay spires at Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada, standing pale against a deep desert sky Twin Suns Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada 05 Temple of the Moon mountain in Capitol Reef National Park Bajo la Luna Capitol Reef National Park, Utah 06 Looking upwards in a colorful, narrow slot canyon of Arizona Monument Sunrise Page, Arizona 07 Layered sandstone near St. George, Utah, peeling back in concentric rings The Onion St. George, Utah 08 Sandstone near Page, Arizona, rendered in black and white to isolate the layering and drop the color out of the equation Half Life Page, Arizona 09 Zabriskie Point at sunrise in Death Valley Ripples Through Time Death Valley National Park, California 10 A balanced hoodoo at Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona, with the bleached skeleton of a juniper in the foreground Flight Pattern Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona 11 The Narrows Virgin River in Zion National Park Eldritch Lair Zion National Park, Utah 12 Looking straight up out of a narrow slot at Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada, where the clay walls close to a sliver of sky Buried Deep Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada 13 Sand dunes in Death Valley at sunset Arrakis Death Valley National Park, California 14 Ladder poles rising toward the roof opening inside Agate House, a pueblo built from petrified wood, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona Rise Up Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona 15 Wind-sculpted sandstone at Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona Windworked Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona 16 High canyon walls and winding valley of Zion The Expanse Zion National Park, Utah 17 Eroded bentonite clay spires at Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada Basilica Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada 18 Banded sandstone at Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona, where iron in the rock lays down bands of red and cream in the same formation Candy Crush Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona 19 Wind-smoothed sandstone with a dark fracture line tracing across it, Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, Utah Sandman Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, Utah 20 Horseshoe Bend near Page, Arizona, where the Colorado River wraps a full turn around a sandstone island a thousand feet below the rim Lucky Page, Arizona 21 Wind-combed ripples across the dunes in Death Valley National Park, California Zen Death Valley National Park, California 22 Snow Canyon cliffs at sunset in Utah Snow Cliffs Ablaze Snow Canyon State Park, Utah 23 Sandstone walls of The Narrows converging above the Virgin River in Zion National Park Collision Course The Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah 24 Waterfall flowing between red desert sandstone of Utah Cracked and Split Gunlock State Park, Utah 25 Detail of the hoodoos of Bryce Canyon National Park Flame-Licked Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah 26 Overlook of the Vermillion Cliffs in northern Arizona at sunset Meltdown Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona 27 Rain-eroded clay at Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada Melt like Wax Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada 28 Zion National Park Subway in autumn Subway Station Zion National Park, Utah 29 Petrified wood blocks set in mortar in the wall of Agate House, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona Cornerstone Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona 30 Wind-carved sandstone from Antelope Canyon in Page Arizona Frozen Flame Page, Arizona 31 Artist's Palette in Death Valley National Park Melting Pot Death Valley National Park, California 32 Swirled and cracked sandstone at Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona, where a run of orange rock meets a field of white brain-rock texture Dragon's Eye Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona 33 Zion National Park Watchman in winter Dark of Winter Zion National Park, Utah 34 A Joshua tree standing over the high desert scrub, lit warm against a hard blue sky Golden Guard Joshua Tree National Natural Landmark 35 Thor's Hammer in Winter, Bryce Canyon National Park Mjöllnir Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah 36 A Joshua tree silhouetted against the last color of the day Alien Sunset Joshua Tree National Natural Landmark 37 A tiered clay formation at Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada, rising in stacked levels against the sky Minas Tirith Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada 38 Sand dunes and mountain range in Death Valley Layers of Silk Death Valley National Park, California 39 Delicate sandstone arch in a slot canyon of northern Arizona Sidewinder Page, Arizona 40 Curled shards of dried clay at Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada, peeling up off the ground as the mud shrinks Chicharrones Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada 41 A hillside of saguaro cacti silhouetted against a vivid orange and purple desert sunset, mountains fading into the distance Entmoot Saguaro National Park, Arizona 42 A wind-carved sandstone chamber near Kanab, Utah, with an opening framing the desert beyond Hidden Within Kanab, Utah 43 A heart-shaped slot canyon opening with warm glowing light at the far end and cool blue-lavender walls in shadow, Page, Arizona Wormhole Page, Arizona 44 Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Utah — a freestanding span of Entrada sandstone left behind after everything around it eroded away Worn Away Arches National Park, Utah 45 Cross-bedded sandstone at Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona — the frozen record of ancient dunes, turned on edge and eroded back open Twirled Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona 46 Cascading waterfalls at Gunlock State Park in southern Utah Desert Cascade Gunlock State Park, Utah 47 Cape Royal at the north rim of the Grand Canyon at sunset The Prow Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona 48 Snowing in the ampitheater of Bryce Canyon National Park Hoodoo Snowstorm Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah 49 A lone horse on the open range near Hurricane, Utah, with weather building over the red rock behind Stormwarden Hurricane, Utah 50 A sandstone formation in southeast Utah standing alone against the sky The Rooster Southeast Utah 51 A sandstone cave near Kanab, Utah, opening toward the daylight Arise Kanab, Utah 52 Winding Virgin River in Zion National Park during winter Virgin in the Storm Zion National Park, Utah 53 Mesa arch in Canyonlands National Park at sunrise Aglow Canyonlands National Park, Utah 54 Angel Falls water cascade in Zion National Park Archangel Glow Zion National Park, Utah 55 Turret arch and Window arch in Arches National Park Portal Arches National Park, Utah 56 Western sunset in Saguaro national park Southwest Sentinels Saguaro National Park, Arizona 57 Temple of the Sun in Capitol Reef National Park Sun Scorched Capitol Reef National Park, Utah 58 Pale eroded clay badlands ridged by runoff, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona Pale Palace Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona 59 Eroded sandstone in the deserts of Arizona Twisted Alcove Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona 60 A road through old sandstone formations and mountains in the distance at sunset, Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada Martian Sundown Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada 61 The cracked white sandstone at Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona, that photographers call brain rock, for reasons that need no explanation Neurologic Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona 62 Antelope canyon with eroded sandstone and sunlight shining down, Page, Arizona Stone Tsunami Page, Arizona 63 Water running in a crack of stone in Zion National Park in autumn Arterial Zion National Park, Utah 64 Salt flats at Badwater Basin in Death Valley Formulaic Death Valley National Park, California 65 Watchman mountain in Zion National Park at sunset Silent Watcher Zion National Park, Utah 66 Cracked and flaking clay at Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada, the surface breaking into plates as it dries Chameleon Cathedral Gorge State Park, Nevada 67