Africa

Faces of IRC

June 20, 2010

Yesterday, as part of the International Rescue Committee’s “From Harm to Home Walk,” I showed some portraits I did of refugees that have come to Abilene. So, there’s that. This is what I put on the flyer for the show: “As humans, we have a strong tendency to categorize things. Categorizing people, and thinking of [...]

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PEPFAR in Rwanda

May 5, 2010
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It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since I last went to Rwanda. With the help of some very generous friends (or, at least, people amused enough by my fundraising video), I was able to volunteer my services as a photographer to Physicians for Human Rights, a group based out of Boston that “mobilizes [...]

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The Power of the Photographer

April 6, 2010
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“But sometimes, the power of photography is all about the photographer.” Jina Moore has an interesting article on her blog, Meaning and myth through the photographer’s lens. Jina is a journalist currently working in Rwanda (she has worked all over the place, though, including recently in Liberia). This being April, the collective imagination of the [...]

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