LeicaLA: Sharing the Light
What a great morning at LeicaLA! It was wonderful to share videos, images, stories, and books about Ladakh and Nepal as well as a fun dose of geeky gear-talk throughout. This was the early launch of Beautiful Resilience : The Enduring Spirit of Upper Gorkha Nepal. Thanks to all those who attended, stayed the full two…
In Light of Being
The street dogs of India had such scrappy character I wanted to stop and photograph them all. Everywhere I travel, the character of the dogs fascinates me. Sometimes they live at center of loving households and sometimes the edge of community or beyond. But there is something about dog-nature that is the same, whether they are purebreds or street…
Always Building
Always building… Just edited and added new images to the India gallery. In this photo a Jain temple in the beautiful vilage of Naralai, Rajasthan was being renovated. The candlelit spirit in the shrine seemed to be playfully peeking out from the surrounding bamboo scaffolding, still present despite the building process. In Light, Cira
Into the Light
Centuries of light have filtered into recesses of the rock-cut meditation caves encircling the massive Kailash Temple at Ellora, Maharashtra, India. There is not much light in these deep caves but what is there is an interplay of mystery and revelation. The light provides a thin veil between the inner space of the cave and the outside world. In…
India In Light
Images and stories about Ladakh, far northwestern India, have captured my attention for the past few months. Now that the show in New York about Ladakh is over I wanted to share images from the rest of the journey down to Maharasthra and across Rajasthan.The one constant in India is extremes – extreme beauty and hardship, extreme…
Catalog Complete
The Catalog for Envisioning Ecstasy is complete! It was launched at the opening of Envisioning Ecstasy, May 20, 2015 at Tibet House US. Huge thanks to fellow contributing photographer Christopher Prentiss Michel and book designer Michael Motley. In Light, Cira
Video: Envisioning Ecstasy
Video accompanying Envisioning Ecstasy. Special thanks to fellow photographer Christopher Michel, location videographer Chas Curtis and videographer/producer Kyle Ruddick.
THE Spotlight
Thanks so much THE Magazine, Santa Fe for the incredible writeup! In Light, Cira
