STORIES THAT NEED TO BE TOLD

Field Note

Kamal’s Story

The smell of rotting garbage in hot humid air; trickles of raw sewage draining down concrete troughs etched in a narrow lane between high walls connecting a maze of cinder-block houses. The first iron door on the ...

Alsa Masa

Preseident Durantes program of eliminating drugs through sanctioning  dead squads,  has  it’s roots in the notion of  a program called “The Peoples’ Watch”  or “Masa Masid” which would allow ...

Circus Ethiopia

In 1996 I spent  over two months travelling  with a circus that was meant to curb the trauma of children who found themselves on the streets of Ethiopia.  Ethiopia has a long history of  political strife and ...

Burma Pagoda Hill 1987

The top of Pagoda Hill is a boat ride, a truck ride and two days’ walk from Manerplaw, and light years away from everything sane. I am wet with perspiration and aching from exhaustion after hours of climbing to a ...

West Papua

For 99% of mankind’s existence, we have been hunters and gatherers.  Our current affluence is but a brief moment in human history.  Yet, we impose our will and influence on people whose way of life is just ...

Thoughts on Portraits

I’m always amazed how everyone has eyes, ears, a nose, a mouth, and yet we are all unique. Portraits are facial landscapes and sometimes just a few leaves tell more of the story than the whole tree. Sometimes I am ...