I’ve come to realize that my happy place is about 18,000ft and above. What a joy to be at home in the skies! It was a thrill to spend so much time at extreme altitude in the Everest region during the making of “Dream Mountain.” “These mountains are my home.” -Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita In…

How many years go into teaching? Decades? A lifetime? Many lifetimes? Teaching The Language of Black and White at Santa Fe Photographic Workshops was a deep dive into the timelessness of black and white photography. I poured years of experience into the class but received an even greater gift of a class with years of…

Back to work… back to Khumbu, Nepal for the height of the Everest season to capture images of the mountain, the culture, climbers and those moments of transcendence that evoke a deeper sense of place and time. InLight, Cira

Silver City – Aspen, Colorado – shines in black and white after the epic Bomb Cyclone storm of spring 2019, with a phenomenal parhelion signaling the return of sunshine spring skiing afterwards. In Light, Cira

What a beautiful evening at IBU Movement in Charleston, South Carolina, joined by friends from near and far to share images and stories of life and weavers in high Himalayan villages of Nepal. Mountaineer and Humanitarian Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita shared her story and message that “Nothing is impossible.” I read the intro to my…

The opening “Luminous Everest” connected friends from Kathmandu to Savannah and Charleston and brought my work full circle from the Himalayas back to my alma mater, Savannah College of Art and Design. It was a pleasure to share perspectives of the greatest mountain on earth and homeland of my dear friend Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita…

An elegant, informative and inspired design from Michael Motley… What a thrill it has been to work with Michael to put together Luminous Everest for Mountainfilm on Tour Savannah. It’s been a creative, collaborative project resulting in a special edition book with twenty-four black and white images of Mt. Everest made over three years trekking…

Came across this image in my archives just last night and remembered at that moment, I was actually startled to see my own shadow below Everest, amazed by where the paths of my life had led. At the time I thought it was probably my only visit to the Everest region, but Khumbu calls, it’s…

What is it like to work without knowing, to photograph with such an open mind that there is no plan, no project… yet. Photographers often work with carefully chosen subjects, targeted stories, something to say before the shutter button is ever pressed. Often on my journeys I stop to make photos out of pure fascination,…

Days of storms and sunshine created a wintertime celebration of ice and clouds in the Teton Range. Many of these images were made at dawn, near zero degrees, knee deep in fresh champagne powder – cheers to winter! In Light, Cira Image: The shining summit of Grand Teton emerging from the dark of night and…