These children attend one of the few government-run centers in the country catering to families with severe economic hardships and children of working mothers. Just before Christmas 2010, they made these decorations to bring home and spread the...
This photo was taken around the 4th of July at the Instituto Hondureno de la Ninez y la Familia (IHNFA) in Honduras. IHNFA is a government organization that serves children living in extreme poverty, and children of working mothers (under age 7)....
This photo was taken with two little girls during a vigil I organized with the Red Cross to remember those who have died of SIDA (AIDS) and to raise awareness of the disease. The sign, translated in English, reads: "AIDS isn't just a disease:...
This photo is of the youth group in one community in which I worked, Los Limones. The event is of a graduation of the "Escojo Mi Vida!" (I choose my life) curriculum in which youth learned about Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV/AIDS, self...
This is a photo I took while visiting the family members of one of my community friends in La Vega, Dominican Republic. What was originally just an experiment testing out my new camera, turned into a fascinating portrait of Dominican "campo"...
I am in the photo. It is taken at Buloba Primary Teacher's College in Uganda, East Africa in April 1995. I am leading a seminar on visual aids for student teachers.
I took this photo during the second month of tailoring classes for local women infected with HIV/AIDS in Uganda. Many of these women have not completed primary school and are using their new technical skills to generate income and empower...
I took this photo in the fall of 2003 at the annual dance festival and competition that takes place each year in Giurgiu, Romania to celebrate the harvest.
The basketball court was a central feature of Neijiang Teachers' College in 1998. Basketball was almost as popular as ping-pong. Neijiang, Sichuan, China.
Pig farmers lived in this brick house across from my apartment building. I heard the pigs squealing as they were killed. In the background is a modern white building in the city of Neijiang, across the river from our village near Neijiang Teachers'...
The nearby farmers sold ducks, chickens, eggs, vegetables, and tofu at the morning market in our village near Neijiang Teachers' College, Sichuan, China (1998).
This is the road leading down to the Tuo River. The road was in the 'bad' part of the village surrounding Neijiang Teachers' College in Sichuan, China. There were karaoke bars, tea houses, and a two-kuai movie theater along this road. 1998
This is a typical family-run shop near Neijiang Teachers' College, Sichuan, China (1998). Families lived above the shop in apartments and congregated down below around their shops.