Around 1917, photographer and gallerist Alfred Stieglitz wrote to the young Georgia O’Keeffe, “Just keep going……” I often wonder, what if she hadn’t? What if she stopped painting during the Spanish Flu epidemic? What if she ceased during World War II? What if she let critical assumptions intimidate her? What if she ended her long…

My father loved trees ~ forests were his heritage, his business and environ. This month on Instagram, I’m honoring his life with images of trees from around the world. It has been healing and so fitting to put this collection together, transforming the void left by his sudden passing into art through a shared passion…

To celebrate one year since summiting Cholatse (21,130ft/6,446m) in Solu-Khumbu, Nepal on November 14, 2019, I shared a month of portraits of the mountain from many angles, made over many years. Each image was accompanied by insights from my expedition journals. The collection was posted on Instagram/CiraCrowell And is also: Projects: Dream Mountain InLight, Cira

Sharing images on this website is sharing my ongoing love of life and light. It has been a meaningful process to update about 12 years of archives and work. Extra special thanks to site guru, Geet Jacobs, site designer, Nicole Rassmuson, and graphic designer, Leah Eisenhauer. *Updated logo *Updated galleries, organization and captioning. *Over 5,000…

This image seemed to sum up so much of Summer 2020. A towering plume of smoke from a nearby forest fire and rain, high on the mountain, never quite putting out the fire, which burned for weeks. It took an unseasonal early snow to quench the fire, but the snow killed the late-summer insects, which…

As summer rainstorms fill the valley I call home I’m missing other mountains in faraway places, so near to my heart. This ephemeral backlit summer storm was a reminder of the mountains in our dreams, and that we are always traveling, even if we are in Covid-19 lockdown at home. Keep dreaming – stay inspired…

Such a great conversation with Leica LA/Ash Alexander on IG Live! Thanks so much, Ash and everyone for the great questions about photography, working in extreme elevations, and the making of “Dream Mountain” film. Q&A Clip: Why Black and White? In Light, Cira

#STAYHOMEWITHLEICA Interview with LeicaStoreLA and Cira Crowell May 9 at 2:00 pm Pacific 🔴⁠@LeicaStoreLA’s IG Live Dreaming of “Dream Mountain” – Looking forward to speaking with LeicaStoreLA about “Dream Mountain” and especially life with Leica! ⁠ In Light, Cira ⁠ Image: “Cholatse Moon” Khumbu, Valley, Nepal. @CiraCrowell/InLightWorks⁠

Came across these old darkroom prints from over 30 years ago, some things never change!!! I’m still passionate about being in nature with camera in hand. Prints of Canada, New Mexico, Louisiana (and anywhere else my parents drove) made with my grandfather’s Leicaflex SL2 film camera that I started using at 15 years old and…