From a visit to Capitol Reef National Park in January, 2020. The day started out overcast but was clearing when we embarked on the trail inside the park. Here, a snowy trail through Capitol Reef National Park towards a clouded in peak passes a stone “gate” with two small eye-like arches.

About Joel Simpson:
A NJ native, with a PhD from Brown in comparative literature, Simpson went pro as a photographer in 2002, after teaching college English, French, and Italian, and playing jazz piano professionally in New Orleans. Since then, his work has shown extensively in solo and group shows in the US and Europe, been published many times, and has won awards, and is part of the permanent collections at the Paris Musée de l’érotisme and the Williamsburg (Brooklyn) Art and Historical Center. His book of geological photography, EARTHFORMS: Intimate Portraits of Our Planet, won a GOLD Nautilus Book Award for 2019. earthforms.net