MELBOURNE, FLORIDA (MARCH 2008) Blame it on the Melbourne Beach Public Library. Had they not stocked a visually powerful documentary called Death in Gaza, I probably would have slept that night two months ago. Instead, shortly after midnight I pushed back the recliner in my sister’s living room and began to watch the film. My […]
10 Photos: 2020 In Review
What a year, eh? Here’s a look back on the year through my eyes. In late January I flew to Eugene, Oregon, where I was hosted for several days by friend and fellow global photographer Paul Jeffrey and his wife Lyda. I drank coffee, read an article about the first person-to-person spread in the U.S. […]
Remembering the Beheading of Sgt. Leonard G. Siffleet in Aitape, Papua New Guinea
Aitape, Papua New Guinea (July 19, 2017) One day during the First World War, in light of the heavy losses German fighter aircraft were inflicting on Allied reconnaissance aircraft, the Royal Flying Corps made a decision: from now on, reconnaissance aircraft would require an escort of at least three fighter aircraft. The date of that […]
The Vanity of Leaders
Statue of Turkmenbashi in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (2004) When I visited Turkmenistan in 2004, I struggled to put into words my emotional reaction to how its leader, Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov (aka Turkmenbashi), demonstrated his sense of grandiosity. There was the golden statue of himself that revolved during the day so that it always faced the sun. […]
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