I am utterly amazed that one person can be a stylist, art director, location scout and photographer all at the same time and at altitude. John Burcham left today to go back to Tibet to to do all those things for Sherpa Adventure Gear, again. The stunning images from his first trip are below. These should hold you over until he gets back.
It is difficult to put into words my elation in getting to write this piece about our new, revamped publication. What started as a vague idea over sushi in Washington, DC in 2010 has somehow evolved into what you see today. I was a person of many hats in the beginning, and my poor assistant, Kimi Recor, was run so ragged by my many requests that she started reading murder mysteries for inspiration on how to disappear me. We made it through and started experimenting with new editorial ideas this year. Our groundbreaking piece about Haiti in which we teamed up with Tomnod to show you Ben Horton’s travels through the country overlaid on Google earth became our beacon. We brought on some new…