Madagascar
November 16, 2010 in Africa, Multimedia, Nikon, photography, travelI'm back from Madagascar where I spent a month before the holidays, discovering the island for a TV show called "Maritime Africa". It will be a five-part documentary series about the islands around Africa. SWR/ARTE (German and French public TV) and twelve other European stations will air the show that will be about the islands, their people and the distinct cultures as I document it for a coffee table book. It was a privilege to work with this incredibly talented group of people. Check ... Read More
Speaking in NYC
October 31, 2010 in UncategorizedFor anyone in NY, I'll be speaking November 1, 2010 at 42 West 18th Street, New York at 5:30pm on transitioning into making films as a still photographer. During this evening's presentation, I'll show work from India, Bangladesh and Sierra Leone and how photographers can find a niche in today's changing world of photojournalism.With media outlets going through rapid transitions, this is a perfect time to find opportunity ... Read More
United Nations Millennium Goals Multimedia project
September 8, 2010 in Africa, conflict, contestsIn 2010, I made a short film in Sierra Leone on maternal health which is now online on LinkTV. http://www.linktv.org/viewchangefilmcontest/films/view/851 Sierra Leone has among the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. In 2009, it is estimated that one in eight women died during pregnancy. To get some perspective, one in 47,600 women ... Read More
Your Website: Tools for the Freelancer
March 26, 2010 in Websites, photographyAs a freelancer, you have to stay on the cutting edge and rely on your equipment and good people to help you to succeed. Cameras, computers, designers, fixers, translators, archiving and distribution tools are some of the things I must be able to trust in order to spend my time concentrating on creating images and telling stories. Over the course of my career, I've been able to establish relationships with several key people, and it's my intention to share my contacts with you through this ... Read More
Return to Sierra Leone
March 24, 2010 in Africa, Multimedia, Nikon, conflict, photography, travel, warI am leaving tomorrow to Freetown, Sierra Leone filled with feelings of anxiety as well as hope. The last time I was there was just a few months after the brutal civil war ended in 2002 that claimed tens of thousands of lives and left more than a third of its population displaced. Yet it is the unspeakable atrocities that are so haunting. I remember back in 1999, Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora, a friend and extremely committed journalist, who was later killed covering the conflict, told me stories ... Read More
Flight for Survival: How it happened?
March 12, 2010 in Africa, horns, photography, poaching, rhinos, travel, zooThey are huge but gentle, lumbering beasts and there are only eight left on the entire planet. Scientists believe the magnificent Northern White rhinos are nearly extinct. There are rumors of some, a few at best, in Southern Sudan but none have been seen for many years now. These eight, two in the San Diego Zoo and six in the Dvur Kralove Zoo in cold, snowy Czech Republic ... Read More
Lumen Dei Workshop in Ladakh, India
September 29, 2009 in India, Ladakh, Lumen Dei, Seminar, photography, travel, workshopsJust back from Ladakh, India where I had the privilege of working with David Duchemin, Matt Brandon and 8 extremely talented photographers. We explored the bustling back streets of Old Delhi, the Sufi shrine of Nizamuddin and then headed up to the Khardungla Pass to cross the worlds highest motorable road at 18,380 feet. The road is situated on an ancient trade route from Leh ... Read More
New Beginnings
August 29, 2009 in Websites, interactivity, internet, photographyThank you Jayson Singe of Neonsky.com for helping me design my original website which was created almost nine years ago. Nine years... eternity in the world of the web. I am grateful for his immense talent, sensibilities and innovative ideas. The site helped launch my career as a photojournalist and also became a prototype for many of the online flash portfolios that photographers and ... Read More
