I was asked by FHI 360 in collaboration with Women Deliver, Girls’ Globe and Johnson & Johnson to contribute some of my photos from my upcoming book: Faces of Courage to present during this year’s UN General Assembly opening session the week of September 22-26 in...
Novartis Malaria Initiative
Malaria is one of the great scourges of mankind. In 2011 and 2012, I traveled the world in cooperation with Novartis to document the impact that malaria has on people -- and to show that,with the right combination of know how, technology, resources, and collaboration,...
Teenage Pregnancy in Guatemala
In Guatemala, half of all young women marry before the age of 20. Only five percent of them use an effective method of birth control. Forty-four percent of women become mothers before they reach 20; the proportion of young mothers is even higher among women without...
Dowry Abuse in India- Action India Women’s Support Group
This January, I documented the work of Action India, a grantee of the Global Fund for Women. Action India is involved in many aspects of women’s empowerment; one aspect of their work in particular, however, moved me the most: supporting women who have been victims of...
Planned Parenthood Global and Soccer in Kenya
(The following text has several contributors- primarily Joyce Ho, a Graduate Media Fellow from the Stanford School of Medicine and Leila Darabi from Planned Parenthood Global). In Kenya, Planned Parenthood Global (PP Global) works with several local soccer leagues to...
Kibera
This past year I had two opportunities to photograph in Kibera, Kenya, which is the second largest slum in Africa and the third largest in the world. Even though I have witnessed poverty, the physical landscape of Kibera was, to put it frankly, quite overwhelming. The...
A few 2011 highlights
I had the privilege of working on some very satisfying and rewarding projects this past year. I documented the Novartis Malaria Initiative and a few of my photos were recently used in an ad for Novartis in the Dec. 19th issue of the New Yorker. Here is the ad and I...