"Ashes and Snow" has been a critical and popular success. "Photo" magazine declared, "A new master is born." "Ashes and Snow" has been described as "extraordinary" by "the Economist", and "distinctive . . . monumental in every sense" by the "Wall Street Journal". "Stern" magazine declared that the photographs are "fascinating," and "Vanity Fair" described Gregory Colbert as "Best of the Best." An article in 2002 in the "New York Times" by Alan Riding stated "The power of the images comes less from their formal beauty than from the way they envelop the viewer in their mood. . . .They are simply windows to