Reynisfjara Beach outside of Vik on the southern coast of Iceland, even in March, will get the best of you. The sun will shine and the wind will freeze the cold coming from the sea onto you and blow you down the sand. It's still amazing and yo…
Wow, was I really here? Infinity, at the end of the earth? — at islands off of Bandial, Senegal [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bandial,+Senegal/@12.5833182,-16.4833329,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0xee78bca7337fcf1:0x20eedcd94ddbe4cb]…
I don't use tripods or lights. I love to discover what nature provides ... often it is Hollywood-worthy. This time, Remy, a fisherman, all-around giving and great-natured guy, who is sharing the Joola Bandial language with linguist Abbie Hantg…
One year ago this month, The Friends Project opened the preschool in Las Minitas, Nicaragua. On the newsstands today, the 10th anniversary issue of Rochester Magazine features a personal essay and lots of photos about our project! It's a celeb…
This time last year we — The Friends Project — opened the Las Minitas preschool in Nicaragua. Wondering how Marisela, the teacher, and the kiddos are doing? Enrique took these photos for us last week. Seventeen kids attend the school. Pretty sweet…
*Margaret Nsombo, left, and some of the neighbors she and her friends help OUR GRASSROOTS EFFORT, THE FRIENDS PROJECT, IS PROUD TO PROVIDE $500 IN SCHOLARSHIPS. On the outskirts of Ndola, Zambia, schoolteacher Lillian Hetman, Margaret Nsombo and a…
I think I found my spirit animal. [https://www.thedodo.com/stray-cat-25-australia-1207267736.html] Ozzie, estimated at 25 years old, chipped way back in Australia, registered as stray in London and now turned up in Northern Ireland. Hmmm. I didn'…
"It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for – and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a foo…
I was this close??!!! I do not use telephoto lenses. I just found this photo of a PRETTY LONG snake I encountered in the Peruvian Amazon while working with Earthwatch performing wildlife surveys in Lago Preto. He surprised me as I walked by; I stop…
