As I write this post, I’m sitting in the Thai Airways departure area of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. I’m finished with work in Sri Lanka, and am heading back to California. The last batch of images that I will share from my Asia Foundation shoot, is from Pettah Market, Fort railway station and Gangaramaya Temple in [...]
Archive | November, 2011
NGO Assignment: The Asia Foundation, Sri Lanka, Continued…
I’m going to post some shots today; nothing specific to any Asia Foundation programs, but rather, some fun shots of life in Sri Lanka. When I’m shooting for an NGO, I am often shooting meetings or other activities. Whenever there is “down-time”, I spend the time gathering images that might work for a multitude of [...]
NGO Assignment: The Asia Foundation, Promoting Peace in Sri Lanka
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned in all my years shooting for NGO’s is that the successful NGOs are the ones that create “sustainable” long term projects. To be sustainable, projects in countries like Sri Lanka must be based on “local efforts”. The Asia Foundation’s program of helping the police to integrate with the [...]
NGO Assignment Sri Lanka: The Asia Foundation
Sunday, I left Calcutta to fly to Columbo, Sri Lanka, to shoot another job for The Asia Foundation, I was just here in Sri Lanka in September, but there’s new material to shoot, so I’m making a stop here before I head back to the states. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been on the [...]
NGO Assignment, Kolkata’s Railway Station: Stopping Polio Dead in its Tracks
My first job out of graduate school was selling vaccines for Lederle Pharmaceutical Company, so isn’t ironic that today I find myself shooting pictures of Polio Vaccine being used half a world away, in India. Polio has been eradicated in the USA, due to an aggressive and effective vaccination program which started years ago, but [...]
NGO Assignment: Freedom From Hunger Day 2, West Bengal, India
Freedom From Hunger works with many local partners around the world to help provide loans to folks who don’t have access to credit. Perhaps you’re wondering what a typical meeting looks like, and how I photograph them. I usually start with an “establishing shot” while walking to the meeting in order to provide viewers with [...]
Assignment Freedom From Hunger: West Bengal, India
East India is the poorest region in this large and populous country. Freedom from Hunger’s work is focused in east India, where they bring self-help services to the poorest communities in the poorest states. Freedom From Hunger is one of my oldest clients; my first assignment with them was in Haiti in 2001. This week, [...]
India Photo Tour Extension: Haridwar & Rishekesh
Haridwar and Rishekest are located in the foothills of the Himalayas, near the point where the Ganga reaches the plains. Haridwar is an ancient pilgrimage site, held in reverence for centuries. Temples and Ashrams dot the town and a visit to Haridwar is like stepping into a totally different world. Rishekesh is another town, about [...]
India Photo Tour: Haridwar In Monochrome
We arrived in Haridwar by train yesterday and did an afternoon train station shoot, followed by Aarti (the evening ceremony on the Ganges) and a night shoot along the narrow winding back-streets. This morning we did a 7:00 AM photo walk from our hotel, which is perfectly situated near all the action. For whatever reason, [...]
India Photo Tour: Jaipur Railway Station
Yesterday we shot the Jaipur railway station. Train stations in India are always great places for photography, offering up an eclectic mix of photographic possibilities. Photographing at railway stations is getting a bit tougher now than it has been in the past, due to increased security concerns, but usually all you have to due is [...]
