Syria from both sides Twice, I have received visas to photograph pro-Assad districts in Damascus. Many journalists are denied entry; no reason is given. I didn’t have government minders while working in Damascus and the rural towns of Ma’loula and Douma, but there were checkpoints that prevented me from entering rebel-held areas (I snuck past […]
Fancy Pigeons
Fancy Pigeon Portraits “Pigeons are rats with wings” is a common sentiment in the US but they are an art form for the pigeon fanciers of Cairo. I talked my way up to one of the ubiquitous wood slat roosts that are visible across the city and have learned that their obsession reaches across the […]
Portraits
Uighur Identity in Xinjiang
Before the camps The Uighurs of Xinjiang are one of 55 minorities in China, but they are ethnically and historically closer to the Muslim Turkic groups of Central Asia. In 2008 the Chinese government was starting to cement its hold on the resource rich Xinjiang by suppressing cultural and religious differences in schools and workplaces […]
Modern Miracles
Modern Miracles While working on news stories in Egypt I heard other stories of modern miracles that intrigued me, so I started keeping a list. The list grew to about 50 miracles, interventions in the physical world, or blessed locations. Over about 6 years I tracked down these stories to their sources and made photographs […]