In 1999 I found a piece of paper in my backpack. On it were the co-ordinates of an Alpine valley on the Swiss Italian border. I had been given the location a year before by a man I met in Laos. He'd promised me if I arrived at that spot on a certain day, he would teach me how to be a 'Pastore' (Shepherd/Cowherd). I was coming to the end of a decade of travel. Not wanting to slip straight … [Read more...] about Life Moves Pretty Fast
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Graham Wiseman
I was taking photographs when I heard the news. It's hit me hard. If I type I cant cry. So I am typing. I feel like I've lost my father. Again. Worse this time. This person I knew. I have just answered the phone to a shaky voice telling me a good friend of mine has died. Graham Wiseman was more than a friend though. He was a father figure, a mentor, a teacher, the one guy who enabled me to do … [Read more...] about Graham Wiseman
Rare Moments
On the 4 february 2007 Stanley Greene wrote this.. "It remains essential for journalists to scour the ground, unimpeded, using the only weapons we know. Our cameras, notebooks and voices make us the unwelcome pests of aggressors around the world. Witnesses are inconvenient. Yet as most of my colleagues will agree, countries such as Irak, Dafur and Chechnya are becoming harder to cover.In the … [Read more...] about Rare Moments