I am honored and thrilled to have CEREMONY be featured on the cover of Pasatiempo! Thank you, Michael Abatemarco, for a beautiful article! Read more

Standing on ceremony: Coming of age among the Mescalero Apache
Photographer Jan Butchofsky believes that no one person among the Mescalero Apache knows every aspect of what's involved in the 12-day coming-of-age ceremony that serves as a girl's initiation into womanhood. But the entire community participates in one way or another, preparing for it as much as a year in advance.