by Steven Higgs | Jan 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
As our boatsman swung wide right and throttled his motor down at the San Martín de Amacayacu landing, a quote from the renowned anthropologist, ethnobotanist, and expert on all things Colombian Amazon Wade Davis echoed in my mind: “For me, the journey we’re...
by Steven Higgs | Dec 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
In retrospect, it seems obvious that 21 months spent poring over my professional past for two major retrospective projects would end at the beginning, with a story package about nature photographer Bill Thomas. As detailed in this four-part series, Bill is the one...
by Steven Higgs | Nov 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
I have a trove of memories from the times I spent with Hilario Martinez in Colombia, the most vivid among them his reaction when I relayed news reports in 1975 that said some Americans were eating dog food. We were in a Chinese restaurant in Bogotá, and the image so...
by Steven Higgs | Nov 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
I’ve played the author game enough times to recognize the life cycle of ink on paper in the Digital Age. And, barring a lightning bolt, I’m certain that the coffee table book Andy Mahler and the Hoosier National: The Folk Hero and the Forest He Loves, will be a...
by Steven Higgs | Oct 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Editor’s note: The following essay was written in 2009 in The Bloomington Alternative as part of a series called “Forty Years in Bloomington: A Memoir.” We had learned in Cartegena that artisans wove the wall hangings I was importing through Steven C Imports...
