TITLE: No Holy Water

The Seven Sacred Pools in Sedona are found along the Soldiers Pass Trail.

After a rainfall, the pools can be quiet stunning with water flowing from one to the next down the slickrock formation before these red rock towers. However, when the area is dry, as it was during my visit, the pools merely provide a textured foreground for an image of the surrounding area. Despite the threatening clouds overhead, the day remained dry and the clouds cleared out mid-day.

AUTHOR: Daniel Clouser (United States)

Dan Clouser is an award-winning photographer based in La Mesa, California. An experienced traveler with an inquisitive mind, he enjoys capturing images that inspire others to embark on their own journeys of exploration and discovery.

Primarily focused on the apparent world, his images are crafted to highlight the dynamic nature of the world around us. Influenced by his opportunities to travel the world during a 30-year military career, he has experienced first-hand the role exposure to new places, cultures and ideas plays in broadening human understanding. From breathtaking panoramas to more intimate studies, his work transforms the viewer from passive spectator to an imaginative and integral component of the scene.

Honored to be a two-time Nature/Landscape Photographer of the Year and the 2022 Frank Van Valkenburgh Outstanding Service Award recipient for Professional Photographers of San Diego County (PPSDC), he has images recognized across the competitive spectrum and exhibited in galleries around the country. Additionally, National Geographic selected one of his images for inclusion in a travelling exhibition intended to bring the cultures of Kazakhstan and the United States closer together, by highlighting the similarities between our two nations. He looks forward to your impressions of his work and is open to suggestions about new experiences to be explored.