One of my long-time favorite, and greatly influential, war photographers Alexandra Boulat,  died at the beginning of the month at such an early age. Bringing a woman’s perspective to the Middle East, in terms of a photojournalist, was incredibly insightfull.
To get an idea of some of the rare glimps that she captured check out this [...]

I’ve been working on various proposals for the NY Times for an upcoming trip. One of the stories is on the potential separation between Northern & Southern Sudan that is due to be talked about in 2011. However, the Southern Sudanese are getting restless and are threatening to pull out of a pivotal cease fire.
So [...]

I had the opportunity to speak at William Jessup University and share some of my passions involving raising awareness of issues in Africa and photojournalism in general.
I had a really good time talking with both students and faculty and both had great questions.
To be honest, this has got to be one of my favorite speaking [...]

In a recent book review by the Wall St. Journal, they took a look at A Congregation of Customers. After reading this review I think it really made me sick, and yet I had to read it again and then send it on to my friends. Growing up in this culture and the Church this [...]

I had lunch with a photo editor friend of mine yesterday and she told me I needed to listen to NPR’s Fresh Air interview of Paul Watson, the current SE Asia bureau chief for the L.A. Times, who one the 1994 Pulitzer prize of a dead American soldier being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu,Somalia. [...]