Hollywood’s ArcLight Gallery exhibited a selection of my images from Mongolia and India in Spring 2007 and one entitled, “Mongolian Horsemen” won first place in the Los Angeles Digital Imaging Group’s Annual Photo Contest, Summer 2007.
Travel is in my genes. My parents were great travelers and shared with me their joy of exploring new places. My childhood mantra was Timbuktu and Kathmandu. I had read about these wondrous places - loved the sound of these rhyming words and the images they evoked. My actual arrival in Kathmandu in 1989 and several years later in Timbuktu were the realization of long-held dreams. The remote corners of the globe continue to beckon me and thus I have explored Southeast Asia, Central Asia, China, Nepal, India, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and South America. In 1999, my desire to visit India's northern region of Ladakh catapulted my explorations to a new level. I traveled with National Geographic photographer Nevada Wier and developed a passion for creating compelling portraits and a desire to capture the nobility of indigenous people. I continued honing my photographic skills in classes with Nevada and Arthur Meyerson at the Santa Fe Photography Workshop and with Julia Dean at her Los Angeles studio. My background in education and great love of travel and photography sparked my interest in the work of renowned photographer, Phil Borges. I accompanied Phil to Ollantaytambo, Peru and Dharamsala, India, to teach digital photography to Quechua and Tibetan teen-agers. This was done under the auspices of his visionary program, Bridges to Understanding — www.bridgesweb.org. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of my work is annually donated to Bridges for their international programs.
In 2005, the Beverly Hills Public Library's premiere exhibition, Everyday Faces in Faraway Places: A Collection of World Images, included eighteen of my photographs. In addition, my images are in the collection of the UCLA Center for India and South Asia and are featured on the UCLA Center's brochure.
