Day three was a busy one for Silent Images. Keith and I were busy working today with the SOI documentary on the restoration of northern Uganda. Today was consisted of 8 hours of shooting and interviewing those who lived through the war. We are now busy uploading photos and video and panning [...]
When Ugandan youth commit crimes of murder of theft they are sent to the Naguru Prison in Kampala. The warden grants me approval to photograph inside the prison, and I meet Alex, a 16 year old boy who is months away from completing his 2- year sentence.
“What are you going to do when [...]
These guys were in the prison section of a detention center. They have
been charged with many crimes, murders, and also involved with a
certain gang in Honduras which was the source. As I shook their hands,
I looked in there eyes and immediately saw a hope and a future, even
amidst of a horrifying upbringing and childhood. Restoration [...]
Lory and his older brother, James, begin their long walk home after sharing their story with me about how they survived the earthquake in Port-au-Prince. James was fortunately in the street, but Lory was still in school. Lory attended a school of 300 in which 295 of the students died. Lory was one of the [...]
Today I spent the day at an amputee clinic that has been treating the survivors of the earthquake in Port-au-Prince. They were air lifted to Cap Hatien for emergency amputations. The hospital is completely funded by private donors and is doing amazing work with volunteer doctors from America. They are also employing dozens of Haitian [...]
I have not really gotten too worked up over the controversial health care debate in America. I do have some opinions, but after seeing much of the developing world’s health care, I am just grateful for what we have. So whether you think we already over subsidize the system or we pay too much to [...]
The schools behave much like the adult world in Haiti. There is a pressing forward and a sense of “business as usual,” but there are broken buildings and classrooms that, like ghosts, haunt the Haitians. One should not pause to gaze too long, or these ghosts will, once again, strike fear. Therefore, the buildings are [...]
“I hand the Coke to Isaac, and he drinks it as fast as he can, but he stops half way, wipes his mouth and hands the remainder of the Coke to Ranaldo. Usually, when someone gives me a gift, I selfishly take it home and play with it until it breaks. I don’t think I would have [...]
Webster defines destitute as “lacking the basic necessities for life.” What are the basic necessities to live though? Are they food and water or joy and companionship? In either case I have encountered it here in Ethiopia. Although the streets are speckled with smiles, destitution blankets the country.
The weight of it has grown heavy on [...]
“Sluts,” Jackson would mumble under his breath as he and his two brothers walk past Mary and her friends. The women do not bother looking up; they keep their focus on their hands as they bead their colorful bracelets and necklaces. Mary and Josephine did not bother explaining that they had gotten AIDS from their husbands who [...]
The movie Hotel Rwanda educated millions of people about the genocide in Rwanda, but Rwanda’s story shadows a simultaneous genocide in the neighboring country of Burundi. However, Burundi’s story is less about genocide and more about the power of forgiveness and reconciliation.
We sometimes go through life using a word hundreds of times without ever considering [...]
Millions of photographs have been taken of women, many to exploit her beauty, some to show her needs, few to show her strength and dignity. The outward beauty of a woman is alluring and often draws the flashes of cameras wherever she appears. Cameras follow celebrities in hopes of capturing a momentary glimpse of this [...]
“What were you most surprised at after your first visit to America?” I ask, Tito, a Sudanese soldier and pastor who has dedicated his life to protect the freedom of southern Sudan.
“I have never experienced a place without war, and that is very nice about America, but you people are so so busy. People [...]
It’s a rainy Friday night and this bar-lined alley would usually be hoppin’ by now. I’ve come to take advantage of free wi-fi and to grab some dinner nearby at one of my favorite little restaurants.
I also brought my camera with me, hoping that I’ll be able to work up the guts to pull it [...]
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