I chose this photo taken 25 March 2008 in room 5 of the Ewarton Health Centre, not for its technical merits, but because it documents one of those turning point days. Late in August of 2007 I arrived in St. Catherine. My first assignment was to...
I took this photo one evening as I was walking home. It was taken in February of 2006, in the pueblo of Miramar where I lived. Miramar is a small agricultural town located on the River Chira in Paita, Piura, Peru -- the northern coastal region of...
The people seen here are part of large farming family from a small pueblito in Queretaro, Mexico. They go out together to their milpa in the country every Sunday to do whatever is needed to raise maize, peppers, beans, squash, and marigolds (for...
Houses are varied in this small pueblito in Mexico. Homes are sometimes left with walls unfinished and rebar exposed to avoid the higher taxes imposed on completed homes.
Siapo (or tapa) is a cloth made from the bark of mulberry trees and painted in traditional Samoan motifs. This artisan had just completed this custom siapo for Peace Corps Volunteer Erik Martin to commemorate the completion of his service....
I took this photo in February 2011. Each year in February there is an annual celebration of the continuation of the scouting programs worldwide. This picture was taken with the first group to attend the annual celebration in Nyeri, where Lord Baden...
15 pots of mole sauce were made in preparation for this wedding in a small town in Mexico. The wedding and reception involved 2 small adjacent pueblitos and lasted almost 24 hours. Ultimately, over 800 people were fed a full dinner (cooked and...