Masisi, North Kivu, DR Congo
Venturing out into rebel this controlled region, where thousands upon thousands have been displaced and thousands more have been killed, the last thing I expected to find in this war-torn land was a thriving cheese-making facility. High in the mountains, past a dozen checkpoints with AK wielding, glassy-eyed, para-military, I came [...]

Sac le Coeur, Paris, France
This weeks Image Retrospective comes from Paris, France. This last spring, as I was on my way to Syria, I was able to spend a week in Paris with my wife. The week that I needed to go, coincided with her spring break from Hopkins - it was perfect timing. Even [...]

Sudanese refugee camp, Touloum, Chad
While on assignment in Chad I spent a lot of time in the Sudanese refugee camps that dot the volatile boarder region. It’s pretty tough to get out to this region, even for tough-to-get-to region standards. It’s not just a matter of transportation or costs, it’s a matter of permission and [...]

I spend quite a bit of time inside the photo management software, Lightroom, sorting through tens of thousands of images, organizing them, tagging, uploading, editing, you name it, and I often I find my self coming across an image that seems to really catch my attention for whatever reason.
When editing in the field and under [...]

Yemen work published in Washington Times

Writing is something I truly enjoy, but between you and me, I really don’t like straight news writing. As a journalist, it’s harder than you think to pull yourself completely out of the writing and make the reader believe that you were nothing more than a fly on the wall – a [...]

 
Recently, I sent an email with my feet/shoes overlooking Damascus, Syria to Keen thanking them for making my most comfortable and favorite travel shoes I have ever had. I noted that these shoes have probably been to more places than the average user and have kept up super well over the last three years. Traveling [...]

I’m spending my last evening in Yemen on the roof of my hotel overlooking the ancient city of Tiaz, enjoying the salty breeze from the Red Sea, and listening to the call to prayer as it is echoes across the city. Sitting here, as twilight approaches and bathes the city in a gorgeous warm light, [...]

Venturing deeper into the volatile seas off the coast of Yemen towards Somalia and Djibouti, fishermen like Abdalla Abrahem must spend more time and travel further into these troubled waters to find fish and support his family. Earning at best $10 a day, Abrahem and the rest of the people in the small village of [...]