American Parks
A photographic journey into the famous US national parks is an interesting challenge that prompts you to a lot of creativity. Being able to shoot differently in places like this, tackled by so many other photographers before you, is a real challenge. However, beyond the clichéd images (which you can't help but try), there are countless hidden, lesser-known and less-photographed places that will surprise you. In order to have a complete experience, I have to mention the emblematic wildlife found in this part of the world. They are photogenic and friendly, a more than pleasant surprise.
This trip into the American national parks was part of the Road Trip 4 Nature project, which ended with a photo exhibition and a documentary film released in 2019. The full story of this project is featured in PhotoLife magazine 3/2017 and PhotoLife magazine 4/2018 (the articles are available only in Romanian language).
![Wapiti | Yellowstone](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/40eadeaf-d712-4ffa-a829-5776852dffe3_rw_1920.jpg?h=92bf1fd6a2e1ee315e3f89b3f9afb592)
Wapiti | Yellowstone
![Bison | Yellowstone](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/97cff4bd-00f0-4f21-b1bc-1608746c2c74_rw_1920.jpg?h=0b8065b4b9196d4c2918f581d70b3a68)
Bison | Yellowstone
![Monument Valley](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/7542b2ed-331d-49d6-a9e2-3faafbb16421_rw_1920.jpg?h=05f960a47a2d9b85eac1babf30339eef)
Monument Valley
![Lake Powell | Glen Canyon](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/7efcacdc-36ac-4e0c-9add-3323d8ed53cd_rw_1920.jpg?h=1b1be3ea3526573f23fd215943449e9d)
Lake Powell | Glen Canyon
![Grand Tetons](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/2b3ca679-dc4d-4dc6-b47e-430e2ffbb888_rw_1920.jpg?h=8945b17c0fb67380323e7a5bcf86a9a3)
Grand Tetons
![Canyonlands](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/9f9f0761-4af5-4e4e-8c03-c709be94d6ce_rw_1920.jpg?h=4bcc01a3680d1c77c02c8896168a1f76)
Canyonlands
![Prairie dog | Badlands](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/8cd3d365-f17d-4c08-9230-b4ab870cad18_rw_1920.jpg?h=11b46b799649d297c6df3396906d950d)
Prairie dog | Badlands
![Coyote | Yellowstone](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/3d406429-cfed-49d3-ac04-f3185d60dba3_rw_1920.jpg?h=e72789d66da2185d19696a0ee8b3a31d)
Coyote | Yellowstone
![Mesa Arch | Canyonlands](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/baed1f2b-f167-40bc-b4f2-16b5a4fd586b_rw_1920.jpg?h=0697c32c7fa7a1e8acc3079691792055)
Mesa Arch | Canyonlands
![Lower Falls | Yellowstone](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/ec55b727-d0cc-4816-9818-7b069b8c59a3_rw_1920.jpg?h=9dc26c97c4998dd34506e3a78a72a61d)
Lower Falls | Yellowstone
![Bison | Yellowstone](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/186d8a32-78a0-44b8-b1b4-68d13e63862c_rw_1920.jpg?h=afd545234674a3adfcb2131fe0fdf89d)
Bison | Yellowstone
![Bryce Canyon](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/a7a1b10a-83c3-4c34-88f9-2fe3a33d5a21_rw_1920.jpg?h=d2cf2b8ce32322bb39a1d99f5fa53572)
Bryce Canyon
![Absaroka Mountains | Yellowstone](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/b1c70b55-abb7-4f43-930c-fa504b9756da_rw_1920.jpg?h=06df6aed17a3bf3837628d0e27433099)
Absaroka Mountains | Yellowstone
![Yosemite Valley](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/4aa3b660-af08-44ce-8475-65cf27008138_rw_1920.jpg?h=9e896eafbf2b483d8a0d17c5f0aea330)
Yosemite Valley
![El Capitan | Yosemite](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/4724ce60-ae20-450a-bc41-039f167cac9d_rw_1200.jpg?h=44f7eaac1d3bf9ba3161c0b69a997cac)
El Capitan | Yosemite
![Canyonlands](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/5f120655-743a-45f9-800d-39e638fbdd4d_rw_1200.jpg?h=633b95825f3dd93b60e28987cd071b38)
Canyonlands
![Mammot Hot Springs | Yellowstone](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/45b8802c-3c24-402c-b7db-950555b7c07c_rw_1920.jpg?h=759f79a35d998ccf0cf1406ab141efbd)
Mammot Hot Springs | Yellowstone
![Grand Prismatic | Yellowstone](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/e3cbfcda-9972-4a6d-8f8f-1604f31c1dc9_rw_1920.jpg?h=dc6a76cfd58bed9b1dcc1191f6aab48b)
Grand Prismatic | Yellowstone
![Mammot Hot Springs | Yellowstone](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/f0d2bcd4-8390-40ac-b90c-a5d806550a82_rw_1920.jpg?h=e1e4660f2e64c9bf9fc2f76a4f8b3848)
Mammot Hot Springs | Yellowstone
![The Wave | Coyote Buttes](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/107cf57f-d05a-4379-97c8-194cf5e1a460_rw_1920.jpg?h=0231efdd5c1457c3254edeeee2b6a1b6)
The Wave | Coyote Buttes
![Upper Falls | Yellowstone](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/9f8519d6-38cd-4f61-8e79-c60c8552b78e_rw_1920.jpg?h=915ac436b7babd125d332eaaed417b2d)
Upper Falls | Yellowstone
![Canyonlands](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/d662b717-6b47-4362-9092-8dae0dce6799_rw_1920.jpg?h=a7e5590fe86062d71d2fe4a95f30b405)
Canyonlands
![Moose | Grand Tetons](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/96ea7d0d-a818-4a35-9a95-d1fe9a56f3f3_rw_1920.jpg?h=db5745f354fcaebc7006f53802a1aae5)
Moose | Grand Tetons
![Slot Canyon | Page](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/deff2b63-0999-46eb-b041-b302676dd686_rw_1920.jpg?h=09c1d6f7553212895b82b2303bfdd3b0)
Slot Canyon | Page
![Wapiti | Yellowstone](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/686af972-1b7b-4bdd-af42-45fcfd116ed7_rw_1920.jpg?h=9cb2672078c7dc35955c864f76ff61db)
Wapiti | Yellowstone
![The Wave | Coyote Buttes](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/cf11e36a-c030-4a38-be99-6276c45cf8d6_rw_1920.jpg?h=00128deb8fd40df90bb9f289e895110c)
The Wave | Coyote Buttes
![Congaree](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/badf490b-c22f-4cf6-aacc-af733e83a1ad_rw_1920.jpg?h=746949da8fbf60be05c019099e87c266)
Congaree
![Devil's Tower](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/d1fda20b-4a07-49f5-a618-1e204dea2b1e_rw_1920.jpg?h=c7e3365e0942769f26a6779057e89400)
Devil's Tower
![Hare | Badlands](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/fa742737-01bc-46f0-b185-1866acc558a4_rw_1920.jpg?h=7145afd4d060edc09b1e2704076e96f3)
Hare | Badlands
![Badlands](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/ca4cc243-5c20-4e12-83e1-8967f19542b7_rw_1920.jpg?h=ea62ab83f964a07773be138c50ee8815)
Badlands
![White-tailed deer | Great Smoky Mountains](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/bf86af2c-467a-45cc-99d3-c67ea291e34b_rw_1920.jpg?h=84c17a14d2061d394b446d263a34576d)
White-tailed deer | Great Smoky Mountains
![Great Smoky Mountains](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/fe77968c-6132-46da-a68f-1716a9901537_rw_1920.jpg?h=f398c4b0884db2d5cab19a258a3781f0)
Great Smoky Mountains
![Yellowstone](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/3b5312fe-4ea7-403d-b19b-63128bf5b2df_rw_1920.jpg?h=e8463c02fff5654c3adf5d4b2c1b02c2)
Yellowstone
![Rattle snake | Canyonlands](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/c8310dbf-cb63-47b0-8be3-aa7317f3da82_rw_1920.jpg?h=a2883b498f81ae3bdb31a5c548380cec)
Rattle snake | Canyonlands
![Badlands](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/37d299f3-5b48-4bb1-9ae2-e9d42386063a_rw_1920.jpg?h=1c88d4f711e9ef870a23d700aba52e1e)
Badlands
![Black bear | Great Smoky Mountains](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/1bdfca1b-96fb-4c00-a194-1196ec39fee8_rw_1920.jpg?h=80e7364c45e553ec2bd42efb57d127ca)
Black bear | Great Smoky Mountains
![Big horn | Badlands](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/fd50789c-97dd-44cf-b12b-0f23ad5100f7_rw_1920.jpg?h=3fbb8e5e00ec11d18affa30f41b6af1c)
Big horn | Badlands
![Antelope Canyon](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/4993ffc7-96e1-4091-9cd2-ddf1c8a5aec8_rw_1920.jpg?h=a901096d09a6865186aa52555a5f007e)
Antelope Canyon
![Mountain bluebird | Bryce](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/be72a45d-4f29-42e7-bde1-2f3efc4ed749_rw_1920.jpg?h=34ca372c2154ce6980580c9c4b8da0c5)
Mountain bluebird | Bryce
![Peek-a-boo Canyon | Grand Staircase-Escalante](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/7008c04a-fb2e-4333-a911-246f3ecdec7c_rw_1920.jpg?h=6a315c5d29530ec25e1d709f8a41f252)
Peek-a-boo Canyon | Grand Staircase-Escalante
![Zion](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/99bba2dc-3fb8-46f1-bc67-6f99828a638b_rw_1920.jpg?h=578ac36259309ccf897f966eaaded35f)
Zion
![Squirrel | Bryce](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/64ae1f30-5a7d-4c78-aa37-6d1c12825748_rw_1920.jpg?h=0e05ea6ac46cd7fe46dac2a143a76dbe)
Squirrel | Bryce
![The Wave | Coyote Buttes](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/2e9995d4-c34f-49fc-99a9-7c58818ca35a_rw_1920.jpg?h=362b0dc22baceec39ad97248b6937b87)
The Wave | Coyote Buttes
![Spooky Gulch | Grand Staircase-Escalante](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/d65b7269-0857-456c-b239-359f3e12f902_rw_1920.jpg?h=1c022c003fdb80e6be4d890136b8babc)
Spooky Gulch | Grand Staircase-Escalante
![Sentinel Dome | Yosemite](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/22c52624-932d-4ff8-b091-c5c608e868bf_rw_1200.jpg?h=324db22badb92f4c5051d18f7ea012db)
Sentinel Dome | Yosemite
![The Narrows | Zion](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/ce476a7e-8bd4-4cd6-90a9-c91fc397a4e3/fa782531-2a05-4804-90ef-a890c5e02891_rw_1920.jpg?h=9ca9b096218be049fbd8e3fb3e23f751)