Since Orthodox Christmas is not until this coming weekend, and they’re still playing carols in Amman’s restaurants, it’s not too late to discuss the very important subject of holiday child abuse. Yes, I was an abused child during the holidays. The method of torture was the ornament pictured here, and it caused me untold fear. …
I’m heading to Jordan for most of the month of January. Will write more when I’m there. And I’ll tell you about my recent trip to Mecca. Mecca, Ohio, that is.
It’s a twofer for me today on the NY Times website. I produced two pieces, with the help of other colleagues, and they are on polar opposite subjects. But they both have happy endings. First, a short documentary about an Iraqi man named Uday, who was shot by insurgents in May 2003 while working with …
The San Juan de Dios market in Guadalajara has been at its current site since the 1500s, and many of the things that are traded here — meat and vegetables, baskets and garments — are not much different from what folks traded in the original market 500 years ago. Now a multi-level concrete structure with …
When José Clemente Orozco looked up at the chapel dome of Hospicio Cabañas, a grand colonial building that long housed an orphanage in Guadalajara, he knew he had a challenge on his hands: to paint a dazzling mural on a curved surface 60 feet above a viewer’s head. The mural in the main dome of …
More to come…
Here are a few images from my drive through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park — and a brief hike before dark — when I was en route from Birmingham, Alabama to Asheville, NC. The trees were frosty and a light snow had dusted the trail to Chimney Tops, where I hiked for about half …
This week, I worked on two videos currently playing on the nytimes.com website. The first is about a City Harvest program that reimburses farmers for the cost of picking and preparing fresh produce, so they can provide it to needy families in New York City. The second, is a demonstration of one method to get …
When I’m shooting for a documentary, my main focus is the video camera. But I love taking stills, so I find myself snapping a few quick shots as I’m leaving, getting into the van to head to the next location. These photos were taken of school children at a little village outside Bujumbura, Burundi. Workers …
“They have a dog AND a pony,” I remarked — a little cynically — to one of the people in our tour. He was as tired as I was of seeing another presentation of well-intentioned humanitarian assistance — another nicely constructed clinic without patients (the doctor care is free, but because no one can afford …