Writing: Lens

Posts on Lens, the photojournalism blog at The New York Times, where I was the producer from Jan. 2011 to May 2012. I have continued to contribute since then. The most humiliating thing I have done for the blog. The most fun. More posts here. 

Recent

Taking Care of People and Pictures in Hong Kong
Scars, Visible and Invisible, in Bosnia
Rooms for Rescued Dogs in Malaysia
Checking In to A New Life in America
At West Point: Duty, Honor, Gay Marriage
Where the Wild Things Are (at Home)
High in Nepal, a Lowly Status for Women
Empowering Arab Women Through Literacy
A Show of Strength by Middle Eastern Women Photographers
A Monday, or Any Day, in Kabul 
On a Trapeze, Reach for an Elusive Dream
A Fairy Tale in Transylvania
Examining Identity, Gender Image by Gender Image
The Simple View of Ottawa
Letting Go of a Baby, But Not the Emotions
Japan's Rootless and Restless Workers
Norway's New Photographic Landscape
Oh, Canada?
Chinese Family Memories, Recycled

International

Province by Province, a Portrait of China
Looking Back, With Nostalgia and Pain
Real Face, Real People, Real Love in Vietnam
On a Bleak River, Seeking Compassion and Beauty
Looking Into the Eyes of "Made in China"
Fighter With a Camera in Post-Apartheid South Africa
A Child's Life Changes and a Story Begins
A Dip Into the Black Sea
Resilience Among the "Forgotten"
In Post-Colonial Hong Kong, Finding Whimsy and Menace
At Home on Revolution's Road
In Yemen, an Emotional Reunion
Saving Lives or Photographing Them?
Washing Dishes, Herding Reindeer
A View From Russia, On Rails
Life Along a Road in Tajikistan
A Whirling Document of Turkish Culture
In Poland, An Architect's Eye-View
A View of Hunger in North Korea
Love and Pain in Swaziland
The Places Where Nowhere Is Home
In Ireland, Ghosts of Towns that Never Were
Battle Lines Etched on Marines' Faces
Nights in Ghana, Captured by Flashlight
Poverty, and Little Sympathy, in South Africa
Lifting the Veil, Part Way 
A Quiet Bridge to Young Victims
Images of Iceland's Vast Landscape

Environmental

Mining Coal and Melting Ice
Food for a Dollar
Photos Reveal Receding Himilaya Glacers
Advocate on Ice
Little Water, and Less, Along the Jordan

Projects

A Tumblr From Times Past
Pictured: A World at 7 Billion
'Best in Show II' - This Time It's For Real (Video)
From Many Instants, A Moment
Turning Point

Breaking

A Painterly World Press Photo Winner
After An Arrest, Civil Rights Questions
Amid a Horrific Scene, Tears
Twenty-Six Miles Along Recovery's Road
A Qaddafi Family Photo Album
'Tomorrow, Tripoli'
Anton Hammerl is Still Missing in Libya
From a Bubble, 'Sneaking Little Moments'
Jubilation in Tahrir Square

New York and U.S.

An Amateur Snapshot of Kodak's Early Days
A Liberating League: Women of the Photo League
Vivian Maier: Better and Better
The Faces of a Towering Project
Where Children Sleep
Across America, Aging Canine Souls
Using New Tools, Mapping Old Brooklyn
A Chinese Dissident Views New York
Matt McDonough Visits Mental Asylums 

Quirky

Babies, Beasts and the Bizarre 
Capturing a Childhood Idyl in France
Rethinking the Family Portrait
Dogs, Dunked
Anonymous Tributes to Anonymous People
Natural History, Not So Natural Setting
Why Is Everyone So Scared?
Skin-Deep Beauty? It Looks Like Chicken
Men And Women of a Certain (Privileged) Age
Sit. Shake a Paw. Now Just Shake.

Photography: A Process

Sculpting a Photograph With Light
Taking the Impossible Photograph
Very Familiar Faces, Far Out Of Context
Shooting Twice, At Once

In Memory

Parting Glance: Rémi Ochlik
Parting Glance: Eve Arnold
Radio Had a Voice. Louie Gave It a Face. (Video)