beauty

Transported beauty

Transported beauty

As it turns out, the beauty of the ice can be transported. Zaria Forman has figured out how. Here,Sven Lindblad- who has been championing my work for the past three years – relaxes with his very own original pastel drawing by Zaria Forman. The ice made me feel right at home in the middle of…

Love is everywhere

Love is everywhere

This is like the heart. It has many ways of showing itself. This wall has been through a lot. We know that from its cracks, which we might call texture, but we know are also the signatures of experience. The windows, we might say, are broken. But breaking has opened them. Love is what you see…

Stand out

Stand out

Birds? You like ‘em? Check out my friend Jamie Coleman to get prepped for National Geographic’s Year of the Bird. It has been really fun to share some images from South Georgia this week … now let’s go back to the Arctic, shall we? P.S. It’s okay to stand out from the crowd. Photo Jamie Coleman

Get up early

Get up early

We are working with National Geographic Expeditions this week to share some words and images from South Georgia. I was there for the first time this season and Oh la la!!! Sunrise, South Georgia. It’s peaceful but not quiet. Waves lap the shore, penguins call, seals and sea lions squawk and roar. This island gives…

Powerful Lena

Powerful Lena

More from Yakutia: the Lena Pillars of the mighty Lena river. Look at any map of Russia and you can see the Lena. She is powerful. I had been wanting to visit these banks ever since I started looking at maps and planning canoe trips. In the end, I arrived in a van that Yakutians…