Mongolia: Human Trafficking
Mongolia has a very bright future but its recent past has been full of economic hardship. Many have been lured by false advertising offering education or work in foreign countries only to find themselves indentured or trapped in massage parlors or brothels. According to NGO reprots, between 3,000 to 5,000 Mongolians are trafficked each year. [...]
CAMBODIA: Crossing the River
This work is from a exhibition of 80 photographs and text, called Cambodia: Crossing the River, documenting Cambodia from a development perspective. I first visited the country in 1991 to photograph the re-construction of classical dance at the Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh and have subsequently traveled back six times, most recently in [...]
Yunnan Coffee: The people are small, the coffee is tall
This a travel photographer’s dream assignment. I love coffee and I love travel. Yunnan is quickly becoming a major supplier of quality coffee. As China’s palette becomes more internationalized its found that it too has a love of good coffee and cafe culture. Travel story for Silkroad, Dragon Air’s in-flight magazine.
Kazakhstan and China: OIL AND WATER
The nexus of energy and water is one of the great concerns of our times. As China comes fully into this period epic growth its facing shortages of both energy and water. It’s also the source of many of Asia’s life-giving rivers. All of China’s neighbors, indeed the world, are carefully watching to see how [...]
Old City Project
Old City, Philadelphia and I grew up together. As my photography career was starting in the late 80s this neighborhood was beginning a growth spurt as well. Since it’s one of the oldest neighborhoods in Philadelphia its also seen all of the highs and lows of the America’s growth. Most people know it as the [...]
The Nujiang-China’s Angry River
The Nu River flows from the Tibetan highlands through western Yunnan and is home to a third of the country’s ethnic groups. The Nu is one of the country’s most remote and fascinating regions, with unrivaled scenery and a diverse ecosystem of 7,000 species of plants and 80 rare or endangered animals and fish. It’s [...]
