It has been a while since I said Hello here and I blame it purely on travelling, lack of time, low online connectivity and laziness. It has been about 20 days since I landed in New York and then I have been criss crossing the country to see places like Phoneix, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, [...]
I am planning my forthcoming Photo~Expeditions™ for 2011, and thought I’d write a heads-up concerning the direction these will take in the next year. After some deliberation, I’ve decided to further accentuate the travel-documentary thrust of my photo~expeditions, and reduce the maximum number of participants to only 5 (excluding myself) on each trip. My recent [...]
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Photo © Jan Sochor-All Rights ReservedJan Sochor has documented the Nukak Maku people, a nomadic indian tribe from the Amazon, who were driven out of the jungle by the Colombian guerrilla and paramilitary squads. More than half of the Nukak population have died of western diseases like flu. In refugee camps, the Nukak are taught [...]
Photo © Tewfic El-Sawy -All Rights ReservedPhoto © Tewfic El-Sawy -All Rights ReservedPhoto © Tewfic El-Sawy -All Rights ReservedDuring the Oaxaca Mini Photo~Expedition™ last week, we attended a Guelaguetza performance at one of the town’s old hotels. I managed to get our group in the dancers’ dressing room just before the performance, where we were [...]
Further to my post on microphones for the Canon 5D Mark II, and having decided to add one to my audio equipment, I walked over to B&H (see note below) today and bought the Audio-Technica ATR6250 Stereo Condenser Video/Recording Microphone. This is an extremely affordable stereo microphone, and I thought it would be ideal for [...]
Photo © Tewfic El-Sawy -All Rights ReservedThe Zocalo, with its cultural activities, is the very heart of Oaxaca, and is a daily magnet for locals and tourists alike. It also attracts vendors of various trinkets, as well as poor children (all of them indigenous…possibly Zapotecs) who attempt to make a few pesos by selling chewing [...]
I saw that my list of Google Followers have now grown to 500! This list is distinct from my Twitter and Facebook followers and friends, or from my subscribers to my newsletters. To commemorate this milestone, here’s an introduction to the work of Karina Joseph, who is my 500th Google Follower. Karina Joseph is a [...]
It gives me singular pleasure to learn that Dhiraj Singh was awarded Honorable Mention (Feature Audio Slideshow) in the NPPA’s Best of Photojournalism 2010 for his My Name Is Dechen. Dhiraj attended my MultiMedia class at the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop in Manali last summer, and not only received a standing ovation on showing his audio [...]
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Photo © Some Hot-Shot Photog I Forgot The Name OfHere’s the exclusive opportunity that you’ve all been waiting for! I announce the “availability” of The Travel Photographer’s Pouches which are for sale at the incredible price of only $89.99 a piece…or, if you’re inclined to save, only $181.00 for two pouches. Yes, please do the [...]
Photo © Asim Rafiqui -All Rights ReservedA few weeks ago, I had just returned from my Tribes of South Rajasthan & Kutch Photo~Expedition™, and felt that I hadn’t done enough in terms of street photography in the Kutch area of Gujarat. I, rather ludicrously, expected to photograph non-stop in its small villages that had seen [...]
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