Nepal Earthquake Memorial Day happened on April 25th. It’s been two years, so much has happened and so much still needs to be done. One profound accomplishment was the restoration of Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, completed with local and international support. We happened to be in Kathmandu as the scaffolding came down last October and shared the…

Mt. Fuji at sunset, almost floating in clouds above the city lights of Tokyo, visible for just a few minutes one of the last evenings of our journey. It’s almost time to say goodbye to Japan again, but never for long! Arigato and a deep bow to Roshi Joan Halifax, Mitsue Nagase, Noah Rosetter, Mayumi…

The streets of Kyoto are labyrinthine, somehow eluding maps, apps and directions. After four visits to the city I’ve come to a point of understanding that in Kyoto one is lost until one arrives. That is how it was one morning when we set out through the streets of the historic district, Gion. An hour…

Lenses are not just black tubes of glass, metal and plastic interchangeably or permanently attached to a camera. Metaphorically, lenses are how we see the world. They are our perspective. We can change our perspective, change the lens of our mental-framework just as we can change a lens. In this world of ever more perfect…

Supermoon rising over the Andaman Sea, travelling from Kathmandu to Kuala Lumpur. The radiant light is a high-altitude refraction of the sun setting on the opposite horizon.  I have witnessed this phenomenon before, at the fast edge of day and night but was very moved to see it with the close, bright supermoon rising into…

Summer in Santa Fe is a time of cloudbursts and rainbows.  One of my favorite visual koans is a monochrome rainbow – one that translates as a rainbow even though desaturated.  During this time I seem to exist with one eye on the sky, literally ready to dash outside at any moment from dawn to…

Light on and through a few of the innumerable often unseeable cracks caused by the massive April 25, 2015 Gorkha Earthquake and months of aftershocks. Six months later, these images are what I sensed seeing the deep damage and tenuous rebuilding in Kathmandu, Gorkha and as far away as Dolpo District Nepal. The resilient Nepalis…

Never miss a moment, even during a show – I was happy to greet guests of the “Broad Strokes” show with camera in hand, catching a few candids throughout the evening with my favorite combo Leica SL + 30-90 Vario Elmarit R. In Light, Cira Photo Credit, lower row: Philip Cuenco