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Val Brinkerhoff

Val Brinkerhoff is Associate Professor of Photography in the Department of Visual Arts at Brigham Young University. He also worked as a commercial photographer for twenty-five years. Professor Brinkerhoff has won many awards for his photography and has published several books, including The Day Star: Reading Sacred Architecture, Holy unto the Lord: The Nazarite Vow and the Atonement, Pillars of the Priesthood: Teachings and Symbols of God’s Holy Order, Lost Wisdom: Archetypes of the Atonement, Ascension and At-One-Ment, and Awake and Arise.