Arizona Highways The Grand Canyon - January 2021 Cover Photo

December 15, 2020

The January 2021 issue of Arizona Highways magazine is out, and the cover features my photograph Clearing Winter Storm at Hopi Point depicting a winter scene at the Grand Canyon. I made this photograph on New Years Day 2015 as a snowstorm was clearing from the canyon. It was cold enough on this day that the snow fell all the way to Phantom Ranch at the bottom of the canyon.

It had been overcast much of the afternoon, but as sunset approached, a break formed in the clouds on the western horizon. Sunlight spilled through the gap and cast a warm glow upon the canyon's upper reaches as clouds continued to hang in the canyon, giving a dreamy quality to the scene.

The cover of the January 2021 issue of Arizona Highways features my photograph Clearing Winter Storm at Hopi Point depicting...

This issue is all about the Grand Canyon, and it includes articles by Allison Noble, Ameema Ahmed, Matt Jaffe, and Noah Austin. Contributing photographers include John Burcham, Joel Grimes, Laurence Parent, David Zickl, Paul Markow, Steven Meckler, Amy S. Martin, Claire Curran, Joel Hazleton, A.O. Tucker, Eirini Pajak, Michael Quinn, Josef Muench, Jack Dykinga, Larry Lindahl, and Gurinder Singh. Look for more of my work in this issue in my portfolio titled Grand Canyon: Earth and Sky, which features eight of my Grand Canyon photographs. I hope you enjoy them!