Photography can be a solitary pursuit. You know how you want the scene to look to tell your story. But it requires your single-minded attention to stay on track, while being alert for interesting side trips. Manual tools also need focused concentration...
THE ICE IS SUBTLE & ALLURING, SEDUCTIVE & DANGEROUS. ANTARCTICA, the frozen continent is a unique and extreme environment. Ice defines the terrestrial and marine limits of an area extending beyond 14 million km3 (5.4 million...
The Leica M-D (Type 262) was the first non-special edition digital Leica with no LCD. Taking a user back to the days of film, the Leica M-D forces a photographer to use exposure setting skills with no feedback to modify over- or under-exposure. The challenge...
In 1959 Fidel Castro, Camilo Cienfuegos, and Che Guevara successfully overthrew the Batista government and took over in Havana. Back in Indiana, in 1959, my mother gave me my first camera. She challenged me to go out and make photographs that were “classic”....
by Mark Bohrer Don't bring a knife to a gunfight, right? Conventional wisdom says use a long lens for wildlife - at least 400mm, and longer is better for birds. And leave the short lenses at home? Not really. Alongside the super-telephoto on the DSLR,...
Death Valley National Park was dedicated in 1933 by President Herbert Hoover and at 3.3 million acres (13,300 km2) is one of the largest in the Park Service. Straddling eastern California and western Nevada, Death Valley is home to a congeries of phantasmagoric...
I traveled on Hapag-Lloyd container ships for six weeks to document the work and the life that takes places on board. Coming from Hamburg, I’m often down by the Elbe River and watch the giant ships entering and leaving the port. It’s always been my dream...
The following is a transcription of a recorded interview (podcast) March 2018, in San Franciso. Gary Hough (GH): I'm speaking with Maggie Siebert, internationally-known, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, here in San Francisco where you Maggie are giving...
The Leica X-U is a unique camera in the Leica lineup. The APS-C sized CMOS sensor, 23mm Summilux f/1.7 lens and battery are the same used in the Leica X. However, the similarities stop there. The X-U is water and dust sealed. Not just 'resistant' but sealed....
Traveling West in search of fortune, gold and silver, American pioneers settled all along the Rocky Mountains, where geologic uplift laid bare access to deposits of valuable minerals and ores. The craggy beauty of this rugged terrain also created...
