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Hi, I'm Craig Varjabedian, a photographer and a teacher living life and making pictures in the Land of Enchantment—Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. I have learned a lot after more than 40 years of making photographs, exhibiting my work, writing several books, teaching workshops at Eloquent Light Photography Workshops in Santa Fe and for museums around the country. 

"By teaching others you will learn yourself." the Armenian spiritual teacher George Gurdjieff said. That's the reason for this blog—to pass along things I have learned from behind the lens and invite you to comment and share things you've learned too—in essence to create a dialogue about the meaning of photographs and the process of making them. 

I invite you to stop by when you feel compelled and leave a comment or two when the spirit moves. Thanks!

When the light shines in just the right way
When the light shines in just the right way
Craig VarjabedianMarch 28, 2016
"Into the Great White Sands" on Kickstarter
"Into the Great White Sands" on Kickstarter
Books, White SandsCraig VarjabedianFebruary 24, 2016Comment
Christmas in Santa Fe
Christmas in Santa Fe
New MexicoCraig VarjabedianDecember 13, 2015Christmas, Santa Fe Comment
Cottonwood No. 6: Victor's Tree
Cottonwood No. 6: Victor's Tree
Books, Cameras, Four & Twenty Photographs: Stories from Behind the Lens, Iphone, Musings, New Mexico, People, Personal, Philosophy, Photographers, Photographs, Places, Portraits, Process, Quotations, Stories from Behind the LensCraig VarjabedianOctober 31, 2015
Postcards from California
Postcards from California
Appreciations, Musings, People, Philosophy, Photographers, Photographs, Places, Quotations, WorkshopsCraig VarjabedianOctober 17, 2015 Comments
Butterflies With Transmissions . . .
Butterflies With Transmissions . . .
Books, Four & Twenty Photographs: Stories from Behind the Lens, Photographs, Places, Quotations, Stories from Behind the LensCraig VarjabedianAugust 27, 2015 Comment
The Cerro Pedernal: A Leap from Form to Inspiration
The Cerro Pedernal: A Leap from Form to Inspiration
Books, New Mexico, People, Photographers, Photographs, Places, Process, Stories from Behind the LensCraig VarjabedianJuly 25, 2015 Comments
Ten Luminous Notecards
Ten Luminous Notecards
Appreciations, Business of Photography, New Mexico, Our Studio, People, TeachersCraig VarjabedianJuly 19, 2015 Comment
My Photographs Acquired for the Albuquerque Museum of Art
My Photographs Acquired for the Albuquerque Museum of Art
Appreciations, Books, Cameras, Exhibition Announcements, Ghost Ranch and the Faraway Nearby, Iphone, Musings, New Mexico, Our Studio, Philosophy, Places, Plug-insCraig VarjabedianJune 6, 2015 Comments
A Toyota Named Helios
A Toyota Named Helios
Appreciations, Gear, Ghost Ranch and the Faraway Nearby, History, Humor, Musings, New Mexico, Our Studio, Places, Process, TechniqueCraig VarjabedianFebruary 23, 2015 Comments
Portrait of a Cowboy as a Young Buckaroo
Portrait of a Cowboy as a Young Buckaroo
People, Personal, Photographs, Stories from Behind the LensCraig VarjabedianFebruary 9, 2015 Comments
BOOK REVIEW  |  Laguna Pueblo: A Photographic History
BOOK REVIEW | Laguna Pueblo: A Photographic History
Books, History, New Mexico, People, Photographers, PlacesCraig VarjabedianFebruary 8, 2015
All Eyes Are Watching
All Eyes Are Watching
Humor, Iphone, Musings, New Mexico, Stories from Behind the LensCraig VarjabedianJanuary 24, 2015Comment
The Karmic Corollary of Purchasing Photographs
The Karmic Corollary of Purchasing Photographs
Appreciations, Business of Photography, Four & Twenty Photographs: Stories from Behind the Lens, Musings, Our Studio, People, Philosophy, Photographers, Photographs, Process, WorkshopsCraig VarjabedianJanuary 18, 2015
Synchronicity and the Geologist
Synchronicity and the Geologist
Appreciations, Cameras, Gear, History, Musings, New Mexico, People, Personal, Places, Process, Teachers, WorkshopsCraig VarjabedianJanuary 1, 2015 Comments
Past, Present & Future
Past, Present & Future
Appreciations, History, Musings, Personal, Philosophy, Places, Stories from Behind the LensCraig VarjabedianDecember 16, 2014 Comments
Cowgirl Akimbo
Cowgirl Akimbo
Cameras, Musings, New Mexico, People, Photographers, Photographs, Plug-ins, Software, Stories from Behind the Lens, WorkshopsCraig VarjabedianNovember 17, 2014
Red or Green?
Red or Green?
Appreciations, History, Humor, Musings, New Mexico, Places, Stories from Behind the LensCraig VarjabedianOctober 31, 2014 Comments
On the Art of Practicing
On the Art of Practicing
Appreciations, Cameras, Gear, Humor, New Mexico, People, Philosophy, Photographs, Places, Quotations, TechniqueCraig VarjabedianOctober 19, 2014 Comment
Daring Greatly by Theodore Roosevelt
Daring Greatly by Theodore Roosevelt
Personal, QuotationsCraig VarjabedianSeptember 20, 2014Comment
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