Postcard: Worlds Collide

On a weekend jaunt from Stockholm to Latvia, we spent the day exploring Riga. There was a photography exhibition right in the heart of Doma Laukums (Main Square). We spent the next half hour studying the exhibition. As we rounded a corner, there was a photograph depicting young adults at some sort of rave or …

Photo online at Guardian UK

This photo was selected as part of the Guardian.co.uk’s Been There contest finalists for August 2008. Taken in Cardiff, Wales, the little girl’s disposition – total immersion – makes you want to jump right in with her!.

Photo on National Geographic

Quite excited to find out that one of my photos made the “August – Week 2” selection in the International Photo Contest. Check it out. It’s the first one in the group. One of my previous shots had made National Geographic’s “Your Shot” selection before.

Finding my voice again

I had a sign-out sheet with a backlog of students waiting in line to borrow one of my books. The year was 1993 and I was in a tough boarding school back in Africa. By 14, I’d written about 25 stories that filled 50+ large notebooks. I’d cut out pictures from glossy magazines, glue them …