photographic essays

photographic essays

one month BURNing…

one of the worst ideas i have ever had was starting BURN three days before Christmas!!  what a bad idea….but, when i get passionate about something, it is hard to hold me back….so, thus it was that BURN was launched just as i was getting on an airplane and heading for Colorado to see my …

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miguel ribeiro fernandes – HIV

[slidepress gallery=’miguelribeirofernandes-hivinportugal’] Hover over the image for navigation and full screen controls Miguel Ribeiro Fernandes HIV In Portugal play this essay   They were all caught by surprise. They never expected such a diagnosis, being the carriers of the HIV virus. Almost all thought being infected was impossible. In their minds they never had risk …

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Steve McCurry

there is probably no photographer alive with quite as recognizable a photograph as the Afghan Girl by Steve McCurry….maybe just maybe he is rivaled a bit by Dennis Stock’s image of James Dean walking through Times Square…i would have to think about that one, but both images can be seen hanging in the finest art …

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goodbye andy

Andrew Wyeth                                                                 July 1917 – January 2009 every once in awhile you meet someone who really kicks you in the gut….has a lasting influence ……someone you know is just a little more special than everyone else…. sure, all …

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laith al-majali – gaza protest

  Injured Protester  by  Laith Al-Majali   An injured man is placed into a car after Gaza protesters clashed with riot police in Amman, Jordan

lassal – light of crises

  In the Light of Crises  by  Lassal   Behind the church lies the city of Frankfurt. It is after 6pm and all offices in the  bank towers are still brightly lit. On these days of financial crisis, people are working overtime – especially in the banking sector. It is freezing cold – a minus …

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mark unrau – china train

  China Train by Mark Unrau   This image was taken of a Chinese business woman on board the controversial train heading from Xining China to Lhasa Tibet. This train is the Worlds Highest and is an engineering wonder. At its highest as shown here in the photograph is an astounding 5000 meters above sea …

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