Monthly Archives: August 2011

© Efraín M. Padró, All Rights Reserved Sportif USA Catalog, Early Summer 2001 edition, page 17. My first published image, a landscape depicting sand dunes in the Sahara Desert in Morocco. But I should start from the beginning. The original focus of my photography was landscapes. In early 2000, as I made plans to visit Morocco, I received a catalog from Sportif USA, a travel/adventure clothing company. The catalog was illustrated with landscapes from different parts of the world—Baja California, the Desert Southwest, Africa—so I decided to contact them and inquire if they would be interested in “sponsoring” my upcoming trip with free clothing. In exchange I would provide them with pictures of my wife and me in Morocco wearing … Continue reading →