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Bryce Canyon: A Photographic Journey

A Collaboration Between Two Fine Art Photographers, Soon to be Available at Gallery Moab

Gallery Moab is proud to share that longtime member Robert McKendrick has coauthored a stunning new publication, Bryce Canyon: A Photographic Journey, published by Farcountry Press. Created in collaboration with Montana-based photographer Carol Polich, this book beautifully celebrates the grandeur, light, and timeless forms of Bryce Canyon National Park.

Bryce Canyon under moonlight, photograph by Robert McKendrick

Drawing on years of photographing the canyon’s sculpted landscapes under day and night skies, McKendrick and Polich offer readers both artistic and interpretive perspectives. While the book highlights the photographers’ fine art vision, it also serves as a thoughtful guide that helps readers better understand the park’s geology, moods, and ever-changing play of light. The result is a book that both inspires and informs, reflecting the spirit of the National Park Service and the artists’ shared reverence for the land.

The Silent City illuminated by starlight

Carol Polich brings decades of experience photographing the wild landscapes of the American West and beyond. Her refined sense of composition and light complements McKendrick’s signature approach to nightscape and landscape photography, resulting in a book that reveals Bryce Canyon in all its mystery and majesty.

For Robert, this accomplishment is deeply connected to his journey with Gallery Moab.

Light and shadow bring new emotion to familiar forms

“I’ve been part of Gallery Moab since 2017, and I still find inspiration from the range of artists who call this place home. That is why Gallery Moab is so special. I have been fortunate to be with the great people that have been part of Gallery Moab, some very special ones who have passed, and incredible people still there. It has helped bring out a more artistic side of me.”

Gallery Moab has long been known for its award-winning painters, sculptors, ceramicists, photographers, and jewelry designers whose creativity continues to elevate the artistic community of southeastern Utah. The collaboration and mutual encouragement within the gallery have helped shape Robert’s development as an artist, guiding him toward a deeper connection between photography and fine art. Surrounded by artists who view the world through color, texture, and emotion, Robert began to see his own work differently. Their influence helped him approach each photograph not just as a record of a landscape, but as a canvas for light, atmosphere, and feeling.