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!)
update: dr. nathan wolfe, intrepid globe trotting virus hunter, who i photographed in cameroon for an article in men’s journal, and his organization global viral forecast initiative have just released their findings on the origins of malaria in a national academy of sciences paper. turns out, the virus jumped to humans about 10,000 years ago [...]
*** just stumbled upon this shot digging through my hard-drive; it’s a quick snap i grabbed last year in western kenya while covering the obama victory celebration. (if you can imagine, there are hundreds of people behind me chanting “obama”) but really, hotel rwanda? “for delicious meals”?! are you serious? then again, what do i [...]
*** my photograph documenting the violent aftermath of kenya’s disputed presidential election was selected for exhibition in the foto8 summer show at HOST gallery in london, england. from foto8′s website: ”The 2009 summer show saw an overwhelming response, with over 2300 images entered from 44 different countries, including bangladesh, iran, mexico, thailand and turkey. for [...]
