A LONELY PLACE UNDER THE OPEN SKY
I am shooting a feature on coal mining in the state of Jharkhand and to my surprise I lost my phone. Sort of. For those that know me this is far from a surprise. It’s an expectation. In two years I have gone through five blackberries, an Iphone, and half a dozen misc. gateway phones. [...]
DONKEY LIKE TRUCK AND OTHER SENTIMENTAL MOMENTS
I have re-written this post at least half a dozen times. I can’t seem to find the words that best say what’s on my mind. But here goes. Funny story. I am covering the Afghan elections in Mazar-E-Sharif . I shoot a man coming by in okay light riding a donkey. Not the greatest picture [...]
FRIENDS IN FAR OFF PLACES
As always I am rambling with my thoughts here going in no particular direction. I have been here for almost a week and as a dark cloud started to cover my heart I go to meet Atta Ullah. The short version is he is a rug seller that has taken a shine to my friend, [...]
IN AFGHANISTAN
I am out of Delhi and away from my usual downtime shenanigans. I’m back to work on my third election in the last year. I have landed in Kabul and will be in Afghanistan for the elections until August 25th at the earliest. If any of my favorite editors need an assignment covered please give [...]
WOULD YOU LIKE WINE WITH YOUR DINNER?
Note: I wrote this a week ago. I just could not post it until the NYT story ran.
In rare display of in flight lucidity I am awake through a haze of scotch and Xanax. One prescribed and one not recommend with the other. Usually I am not a happy flier. This time I find myself [...]
WHERE AM I AGAIN? OH!!! RIGHT. SRI LANKA.
I am in Sri Lanka for the next week or so on assignment. I have been dying to make my way back here since 2006. It’s been well worth the wait. I can be reached at +94 .77 . 663 .5339. I am not sure what the week after brings. If a gig comes [...]
MONDAY MORNING
I may be the world’s worst blogger. After three weeks my Sunday is over. I took a little more time off than I intended and have been spending my time drinking, partying, eating rich food, hanging out with friends, and looking a pretty girls. To say the least I have not been shooting much. It’s [...]
BACK TO THE GRIND
It’s been a busy week since coming back from Kashmir. I’ve been to one embassy or another to work on a j-visa to Pakistan, hosted a new friend, prepared for the Stumping Grounds gallery show, and spent a couple of mornings at an akharas (wrestling gym) to shoot Kushti. Kushti, is a traditional style of [...]
TEAR GAS DAYS AND H*@H H@%H NIGHTS
In Kashmir covering the fourth stage of India’s election. It’s been four days of long days of shooting, walking, eating, drinking, the more shooting, walking, eating drinking, and then more shooting eating, drinking, topped off by a pretty wild day of tear gas, rock throwing, and angry threatening rock mob. What more can you ask [...]
A GOOD WEEK
Today I got a nice surprise. I am in both Time and Newsweek’s Asian and Middle East editions. I have been hitting the pavement pretty hard the last two months working on a project and trying to cover the election issues a bit(see below). I got a double truck in Newseek and half a page [...]
THE STUMPING GROUNDS MASALA STYLE
After all the ramblings on politics and elections for the last two years, pretty apparent that I like elections. Hell, I love elections. I honestly believe in the idea that good government can make a difference. The idea of by the people, for the people means something to me. In my mind, if there [...]
SEPARATION ANXIETY
It’s easy to see why I would be so home sick as I write this post. I am in the state of Orissa to cover Christians celebrating their first Easter after secular violence against them last August by Hindu fundamentalist. All of this with the upcoming election as a backdrop. So far things seem pretty [...]
THESE FRIENDS OF MINE
I have always thought that my greatest talent was the ability to make friends. I have been kind of lacking in that department since I left New York. I’ve been so moody lately that you can see the dark cloud over my head clear as day. As luck would have it a few people from [...]
NEW DELHI FASHION WEEK FOR DUMMIES
Like I did not get enough of fashion in New York. My agency said I should go and make features of fashion week since it’s always good for sales. I’ve covered fashion week for 9 years in New York and was never that much of a fan. This is about the same but as my [...]
A DISQUIET FOLLOWS MY SOUL
A title that is heavier than it really needs to be but I just watched Battlestar Galactica and that was the episode title. Rip-off I know but I hate coming up with titles for blog posts. It kind of fits my mood as New Delhi has been rough. I feel like I can’t get a [...]
DOES EVERYONE STARE THAT WAY AT YOU?
India is kind of an odd place some times. It’s beautiful, weird, smelly, and humid. One thing I keep noticing is every time i look up or turn around someone is staring at me. I know I’m funny, charming, and handsome but com on. Is it because I’m bald?
I usually smile and wave. No one [...]
