For about a month, my brother Mark and I lived down wind from a slaughterhouse in Tizimin Mexico. In the afternoon it was best to stay inside and try not to breath. I spent a day photographing the slaughter. It was a job, the workers inside were jovial except for […]

Aviarios del Caribe is a wildlife sanctuary near one of my favorite parts of Costa Rica, Puerto Viejo. A very cool area with some of the most beautiful beaches in the world .Here is link to find out more

This is a story of loss. I had the chance to visit the Tiputini Biodiversity station twice, once for pleasure and adventure and the next time after pitching an assignment. It is long journey to the middle of nowhere. Five hours under a plastic tarp down the Amazon in a […]

I just got back from working the crowds along with the rest of the Gonomad crew at the NY Times Travel show. Check out Max’s blog, Readuponit for all the details. It was a great show and a real victory for the site. Taiwan had a large presence there along […]

This is Manuel, a shepherd that was quietly tending to his sheep among the rolling hills out side of Zaragoza Spain when I sprang upon him with my camera out of nowhere followed by the beautiful Meredith Pillon . This guy was the real deal. After I talked with him […]

Last night I was over at the backwoods studio of the Drunk stuntmen to shoot their new publicity photo. These guys are everything a rock band ought to be; Well-crafted songs, inspired lyrics, kick ass guitar and piano. They laugh too loud, drink to much, play hard, party hard champions […]

This is the cover of the Valley Advocate that I shot for this weeks issue for a story by Maureen Turner.Does a proposed transfer station unfairly target one Holyoke neighborhood? That’s what could happen, if a proposal to build a 22,575-square-foot trash transfer station at 686 Main St. succeeds. The […]