J C A R R I E R :: P H O T O G R A P H Y

selected: internally displaced camp. naivasha, kenya.

i had three images selected to be published in the american photography 25th annual book juried by Kathy Ryan, Photo Editor, The New York Times Magazine, Jury Chair; Stacey Baker Director of Photography, More; Jen Bekman, Owner, Jen Bekman Gallery and 20×200; David Carthas, Director of Photography, Blender; Gary Koepke, Principal, Modernista!; Robert Priest, Design Director, Portfolio; Fred Woodward, Design Director, GQ. all the winning images can be seen on the AI+AP website.

about a year ago i travelled down to clearwater, florida to photograph winter the dolphin for turtle pond books. winter was rescued off the coast of florida as a baby dolphin after she lost her tail from becoming entangled in crab nets – in very bad shape, she was not expected to survive.

but survive she has, becoming a source of inspiration and strength for people around the world. with the hope that winter will be able to live a more dolphin-like life, engineers from hanger prosthetics and orthotics have dedicated themselves to developing a prosthetic tail for her; having made more than 6 tails for winter, the engineers have in the process developed revolutionary new techniques and applications for prosthetics that are now being used with human amputees.

the book, by the n.y. times best selling authors craig hatkoff and his two co-authors/daughters juliana and isabella, came out about a month ago, and it looks great. there’s also a crazy-fun interactive website with games and create-your-own video and music sections, and all this will soon be followed by “winter’s tail” the nintendo game! who woulda thunk it?!

happy to announce that my essay from sudan has been selected as a finalist in the national geographic traveler/pdn “world in focus“ contest. winners will be announced in the february issue of PDN – come march hopefully the missus and i will be packing our bags for st. lucia (1st place prize!)