Archive for September, 2009

The Archive: Sudan

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Trying to land in Sudan during the rainy season probably isn’t the best idea, but what else are you going to do. A year before this, I couldn’t get a fight into the country because all the landing strips in the region I needed to get to, were flooded or just too muddy to land [...]

Six Lessons my College Photography Classes Never Taught Me

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

1. Humility is paramount to growth – No matter how good you think you are, you always have a tremendous amount of room to grow. More than in most professions, mentorship can be immensely valuable, but having a know-it-all attitude will not get you anywhere, especially as a freelancer. Mentorship has been the single biggest [...]

Insecurity in Yemen article publishes today

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Today, my story on Yemen’s many escalating problems publishes in the World Policy Journal. It’s an intimate look into the barrage of issues that plague the nation that perhaps the biggest imports last year were refugee’s and extremists.
Yemen may not yet be front-page news, but it’s a being watched intensely these days in capitals worldwide. [...]

Where Do You Rank with Photography Snobs?

Friday, September 11th, 2009

I came across this blog posting and have wanted to share it for some time; it has always made me laugh - it’s a good one. 
 

Editorial photographers used to jump from one story to another. News was news — whether sports, conflict, celebrity or natural disaster. A photojournalist would shoot a head of state one [...]