I took this photo while on patrol for poachers in the Kalahari Desert in the African summer of 1995. These people are part of the San Bushmen tribe and are said to be the very beginnings of our human race. They are capable of living happily in...
This photo was taken when I was teaching at a rural school in northern Guatemala. We had several school gardens up and running, but also received some well-needed donations of school supplies, including their first ever globe.
Taken during in the first week of May 2011 during the beginning of my Peace Corps training. This picture was taken using a timer, from the rooftop of my host-family's home in Guatemala. I'm taking in my new surroundings, contemplating the...
A group of Elementary School School students play the Parachute game in Guatemala. All of the elementary school students participated in a day of games and activities organized by the local municipality. Children in this part of Guatemala often...
This photo was taken of me while distributing supplies that were donated by an elementary school in the U.S. to a rural Mayan school in Guatemala. As an agricultural extentionist from '99 - '01, I often worked in schools such as this one, helping...
This photo was taken July 30, 2011 during a mountain hike with the children of my host family in Guatemala. At this point in my service my best friends are these two boys, ages 9 and 11. We explore the mountains surrounding my town every weekend....
This photo was taken in 2005 on a return visit to Turkey, and Ayvali Koyu after 38 years. In 1967 Veli was a modern farmer, because he farmed with a horse, and not a water buffalo, and because his plow had a metal rather than wooded blade.
Veli...