Night Politics of Egypt
Egypt is a country that comes alive after the sun sets and heat dissipates. So, much of the political action happens at night and drags on till the sun rises. These are a set of images from two such long nights of political wrangling this week during the latest dust-up over Gamal Mubarak supporter’s posters [...]
Growth of Parkour in Egypt
Editors can view a larger edit of images in my photo archive. A group of about 50 youth are organizing around parkour in the suburbs of Cairo. Parkour migrated to Egypt without direct contact but through iconic movies such as District 13 and homemade YouTube video. Inside Cairo the traceurs must negotiate permision with bowabs [...]
Photos of Egypt
A collection of images from assignments that stood out as representing a piece of Egypt.
Mississippi Delta
Clarksdale Mississippi wants to be known as the birthplace of the blues but the ghost of legal segregation are still visible in a complex defacto segregation. The public and private school are split along racial lines. The country club is all white and the neighborhoods are resegregating as rich white residents move into tax haven [...]
Uighur Identity in Xinjiang
The Uighurs of Xinjiang are one of the vaunted 55 ethnic minorities in China but they are ethnically and historically closer to the Muslim Turkic groups of central Asia. As the Chinese government cements its hold on the region each individual is making a choice of identity.
