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...
Each year for three days in June, fans come together to celebrate the truly original American music known simply as Bluegrass. What better way to capture a musical genre that is directly tied to the American experience than with Leica cameras that are themselves...
Every trip to Israel is an amazement in what is irrevocably ancient, fundamentally true and what it is utterly ultra modern; traditional; revolutionary; orthodox; mundane; heavenly; conflicted. A complex nation of many tribes, pilgrims from every...
In 2014 my wife and I went on a tour of the Ancient Wonders of Greece along with a group of people from Ireland. In keeping with the classical theme, I brought along my latest Leica, an M240, together with some Leica classic lenses, 28mm and 35mm...
In the high eastern corner of the United States the state of Maine hugs the North Atlantic. Rocky rugged coasts, roaring rivers with thrilling rapids, dense hardwood forests and tranquil lakes were carved by the slow descent of ancient glaciers. Today...
In November 2009 I was living and working in the Arabian Gulf State of Qatar. My wife and I had travelled to various parts of the Middle East and we had very good reports from others who had visited Syria. The Middle East is a vast area; just as an example,...
