Twelve years ago, 60 million pilgrims (yes, that’s right 60 million), assembled in Allahabad, North India for a month long festival. It was the largest gathering of human beings, ever. The crowd was so immense that it was visible from space. On January 21st, the most auspicious bathing day, I was there, along with 30 […]
Horst Fass, AP Photographer Dies At The Age Of 79
Celebrated combat photographer Horst Faas, who covered the Vietnam War for the Associated Press, has died aged 79. Germany-born Faas won four major photo prizes, including two Pulitzers, during his career, and served as AP’s Saigon photo chief at the height of the war. In Saigon he trained and mentored young Vietnamese photographers who captured […]
Off The Beaten Track Cambodia
For the last 6 days I’ve been on the road in the remote eastern provinces of Cambodia, exploring new locations for a photo tour which I plan to offer in the near future. I’m a huge fan of Cambodia because it has so much more to offer than just the well trodden temples of Angkor […]
“Come Along For The Ride” Video Is Ready For Viewing!
Happy New Year to all of you. As we begin 2012 it’s exciting and exhilarating to look forward to another year of photographic possibilities. I’ll begin the year by launching my new video journal called: “Come Along For The Ride”. After spending an inordinate amount of time over the holidays, editing images, audio, and countless […]
Countdown To My New Blog Feature:
For the new year, I’m going to be introducing a new feature on my blog called: “Come Along For The Ride”. “Come Along For The Ride” will be a series of video journals shot on location, in which I’ll not only be describing my work, but also providing insights into what I do, and why […]
A Tribute To Rose
(November 14th) This morning I got the news that Rose passed away. You may remember Rose from my post of August 31, 2011 entitled “Perseverance”. Rose, an abandoned, gravely ill 13 year old girl, was a patient a Hopital Albert Schweitzer in Haiti, while I was there shooting an assignment. Before reading further you might […]
Cambodia: The Other Side of the Tracks
We’ve all heard the expressions “you could have been born on the other side of the tracks” or “he or she is from the other side of the railroad tracks” and we know it to mean that the “other side” is not as nice or as privileged. Perhaps Cambodians have their own translation of this […]
Postcard From Cambodia
I’m heading to New Delhi today, and I had originally thought that I would be able to post some images from my Angkor Hospital for Children NGO shoot here in Cambodia, but time seems to have gotten the better of me. So, for today, I’ll just post this typical Khmer smile. Enjoy.
Angkor Photo Workshop: Bringing You up to Speed
First of all let me say thank you for following this blog. It is your interest, comments, and participation that motivates me to post images and information. It is my hope that some day you will be able to come along on one of these adventures… As I write this I am sitting in my […]
Angkor Photo Workshop: Jumping for Joy
Hi folks. I promise I’ll write something comprehensive about my Angkor Photo Workshop, but I’m just to busy to do much writing right now. Tonight is our mid-trip, “best of” slide show. It’s going to be amazing, I just know it. Yesterday we visited Angkor Wat; it rained, it was beautiful; I love the rain […]