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UPDATE: my essay, “paradise lost”, from sudan was awarded the grand prize in the national geographic traveler/pdn world in focus contest. definitely looking forward to a little R&R in st. lucia!!!

check out my archive to see more photographs from sudan.

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?!

excited to announce that my essay “paradise lost: sudan” comprised of work from the past four plus years, placed third in the international photography awards editorial photo essay category. hopefully i can make it back to NYC for the lucie awards and represent with nadav and platon!

check out the winners gallery to see all this years great work.

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 and was originally found in chimpanzees (and not chickens as some argued — but apparently chicken malaria was a concern in wisconsin at one time??).

the economist has an interesting article laying out wolfe’s team’s findings and the benefits of understanding this fatally historic jump in today’s world.

to see more from my trip virus hunting in cameroon with dr. wolfe and the GVFI team check out my feature — virus hunter