Currently, Lisl Dennis is presenting STORY SHARDS , - Reform the Vessel of YOur Life. Lisl's inspirational, multimedia program highlights her stories and imagery of pilgrimage and ceremony from exotic cultures around the world. Known for her graphic, color-intensive style in the fields of travel and the decorative arts, Lisl was a staff photographer on the Boston Globe from 1968 to 1970. She is an author, lecturer, TV host, educator, and tour leader. For many years as travel editor for Outdoor Photographer magazine, she wrote the Traveler’s Eye column exploring the cross-cultural aspects of the creative experience in foreign places.

Lisl's television appearances include hosting ESPN’s Canon Photo Safaris in Brazil, Canada, and Central America. She also hosted an 18-city satellite media tour for Canon Video. Lisl has been a guest on CNN’s Travel Guide and the Christopher Lowell Show.

Lisl presented VISUAL JOURNEYS - Creativity and Adventure in Travel Photography, a nationwide seminar series sponsored by Canon and Kodak. She founded and taught the Travel Photography Workshop in Santa Fe for 20-years. Lisl conducted workshops and seminars nationwide for: New York School of Visual Arts, the Santa Fe Workshops, Photo Expo, American Society of Travel Writers, regional ASMP chapters, Vail Valley Arts Council, North American Nature Photographers Association, New England Camera Club Council, and Coupeville Arts Center.

With her husband Landt, a writer, Lisl leads tours to Morocco. The website for VISUAL JOURNEYS is www.phototours.info. She is working on a new book on Santa Fe. Lisl’s magazine credits include: Travel and Leisure, House Beautiful, Islands, Architectural Digest, and Town and Country. She has produced twelve books on the subjects of lifestyle, the decorative arts, and the creative process in photography, including:

LIVING IN MOROCCO. Thames & Hudson, London
SOAP FOR BODY & SOUL. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, NYC
THE ESSENTIAL IMAGE. Amphoto, NYC
SANTA FE & TAOS, Behind Adobe Walls, Chronicle Books, San Francisco
TRAVELER'S EYE. Clarkson N. Potter, NYC
MARTHAS VINEYARD: House & Gardens, Atglen, PA

In recent years, Lisl has participated in numerous and various retreats and workshops at the Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, NM. She has undertaken pilgrimage treks in the Himalaya to: Holy Mt. Kallas, to Everest's Kanchung base camp in Tibet, and solo trekked in Bhutan. In summer she is hiking and biking. In winter, avid skier Lisl practices her breathwork in deep powder. She is working on a book entitled Life and Breath and is a vanguard member of the Madrona Institute on San Juan Island, WA. The institute provides a forum for the discussion of diplomacy, public policy, complexity science and international peacemaking. With over 35-years experience guiding and teaching the creative process in the flux of foreign cultures, Lisl is bringing her stories and skills forward in Story Shards - Reform the Vessel of Your Life.

Landt Dennis

A graduate of Harvard with a B.A. in English Literature, Landt Dennis also received a M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. After several years practicing public relations in New York City, Landt became a correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, serving in the newspapers home office in Boston, later in the New York City bureau. Becoming a freelance writer, Landt married his wife Lisl, a photographer. His articles - often with Lisl's photographs - appeared for over 25-years in major newspapers, also in travel, design, and lifestyle magazines.