Leica Women Foto Project: Karen Zusman & Cira Crowell Exhibition Opening

8783 Beverly Boulevard,West Hollywood CA 90048

08 March, 2022

Description

Karen Zusman: The Super Power of Me Project & Cira Crowell: Dream Mountain Leica celebrates International Women’s Day with the Leica Women Foto Project exhibition. The Leica Women Foto Project is a platform that serves to amplify underrepresented voices in photography through financial awards, access to equipment, and professional development opportunities. Learn more at https://leica-camera.com/en-US/leica-women-foto-project Karen Zusman is a writer and poet who came to photography to better document human trafficking stories in Southeast Asia. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum for the City of New York and The International Center for Photography. She is a 2021 recipient of the Leica Women’s Foto Project Award for her Super Power of Me project. Los Angeles and Santa Fe based Cira Crowell, founder of InLightWorks Productions, is a fine art photographer and the executive producer whose award-winning initial film, Dream Mountain, has been selected by top-tier national and international festivals and tours, including the esteemed Banff World Tour. Cira has summited numerous mountains, including two technical Himalayan peaks over 20,000 feet and has hiked over 1,000 miles in Nepal. She has published four books and her work has been exhibited across the United States and in Europe. Photo by Karen Zusman Leica represents a union of craftsmanship, design and experience. It is a beautiful collision of art and engineering, and the future of form and functionality. Leica Camera, headquartered in Wetzlar, Germany, is an internationally operating, premium-segment manufacturer of cameras and sport optics products. The legendary status of the Leica brand is founded on a long tradition of excellence in the supreme quality and performance of cameras and lenses, and the iconic images that artists and photojournalists everywhere captured with them. For more information visit www.leicacamerausa.com.