Annapurna Peak Cluster

The 1m x 1m oil on canvas Annapurna Peak Cluster was made from a photo of Jean Kadmon's grandson Elad. He was in a small plane that took off in early morning from near a high pass in the Himalayas. The clouds opened for only a few moments, revealing sunshine on the eastern slopes and the sharp shaded dip slopes of tectonic plates in the push of the African plate against the Asiatic. It should be noted that the Annapurna peaks of Nepal are almost as high as Everest. The photographer had trekked for seven days on a trail with villages, up to the site of the airlift