Thrilled and grateful Leica Camera USA is sponsoring in part “The Language of Black and White” at Santa Fe Workshops, July 24-28, 2023 A representative from Leica Akademie will be on campus daily during the workshop, sharing knowledge and providing the opportunity for workshop participants to use loaner Leica cameras and lenses. Don’t miss this…

What an amazing evening celebrating the opening of new headquarters of Leica Camera USA in Teaneck, New Jersey. It was wonderful to be in the company of so many Leica friends from around the country in town for the Leica Society International Spring Event. It is a deep honor to have three prints from “Dream…

Summiting sacred Kangchenjunga May 6, 2022 was an astonishing, life-expanding experience. Years of experience long distance trekking, living and training at high elevation, summiting technical peaks, photographing extensively and producing a mountainfilm all went into the endeavor. But the most important tools were strength of spirit, focus, respecting the local culture and traditional spirituality –…

“Dream Mountain” has now amassed Twenty Laurels worldwide from top-tier film festivals including Femmes en Montagne, Grenoble Mountain Film Festival (France), INKAFEST (Peru) Mountain Film Festival, Bansko (Bulgaria) Film Fest, London (UK) Mountain Film Festival, Trento (Italy) Mountain Film, Krakow (Poland) Mountain Film, New Zealand Mountain Film, Graz (Austria) Mountain Film, Kendal (England) Mountain Festival, and…

Honored to have three prints from the “Dream Mountain” project purchased by Leica USA for their new headquarters in Teaneck, New Jersey: -Cholatse In the Sky -Cholatse Above the Clouds -Everest and Cholatse Above Gokyu Lake Special thanks to Kiran Karnani and Paris Chong. In Light ~ Cira Print Images: @jackdevann Khumbu Image: Cira with…

Happy to be quoted in UK’s “The Guardian” article on the best adventure documentaries in The Banff Mountain Film Festival! The article highlights part of the important backstory of “Dream Mountain” and Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita: “One morning, I was interviewing Pasang on a ridge overlooking Mount Everest and Khumjung village, where she was born,”…

It was amazing to return to the beautiful bayeul (sacred valley) of Samagaun, Nubri Valley, Nepal for a third visit. We served there in Nomads Clinic 2013 and returned post-quake in 2015 to see the re-roofing project supported by Beautiful Resilience: The Enduring Spirit of Upper Gurkha, Nepal. This time we came to climb “Mountain…

We’d talked about it for years, so it was a dream come true for Leica to join us at Santa Fe Workshops. Huge thanks to Leica Camera for sponsoring my class, “The Language of Black and White.” I’m so grateful to Tom A. Smith (fellow SCAD alum!) and Phil Ip (fellow Angeleno!) of the esteemed…

After an intense week of teaching “The Language of Black and White” it’s always a festive night when two Santa Fe Workshops classes converge to celebrate a week immersed in photography and friendship. This year we also celebrated the 54th wedding anniversary of two attendees. What a joy to share the evening with Tom A.…

What a joy to teach “The Language of Black and White” at Santa Fe Workshops! Black and White photography is about everything in between black and white, within and beyond. It is technical and artistic, science-based and sublime. And the greatest thing is sharing the joy with students from all over the country – their…