Archive for December, 2007

Capturing Africa

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

This month Sacramento Magazine did a 5 page double-truck spread on some of my work and my approach to photojournalism. I think it’s great they wanted to talk about Africa, considering the mag doesn’t really talk about international issues very often; the following article is on how to get the best jeans.
Again, it’s a great opportunity [...]

Darfur Lures World’s Focus From Congo War

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Congo is a crisis without a campaign.
While the fighting in Darfur has spawned a celebrity-fueled human-rights movement, the fighting in Congo has been largely overlooked, writes the Chicago Tribune’s Paul Salopek. (By the way, Paul is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, for Explanitory Reporting & International Reporting and was the journalist who was detained in [...]

Old photos, new twist

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

After a few weekends of a pain-staking process of trying to scan thousands of slide images, my dad decided to give up and send over 10,000 slides through some service that ships all your childhood memories in dozens of boxes to India. 1 month later he received the boxes of slides back with 5 DVD’s [...]

Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8

Monday, December 17th, 2007

It’s finally arrived and I am so fortunate to now have it in my quiver. The Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8released last month has been a lens long awaited for me. The 12-24mm f/4 has been the fastest wide-angle lens offered for the last two years, and has got the job done; it has been my work-horse [...]