Leading a Media Expedition to Witness the Venezuela Crisis In 2019, with the Venezuelan humanitarian crisis spiraling, I led a Compassion International media trip to the borderlands between Colombia and Venezuela. Our goal was to capture the heart-wrenching stories of Venezuelan families and the communities rising up to support them. Bearing Witness, Telling Stories As …
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These are my favorite ten photos from 2016. Each image tells a story. The cold hard truth of photography (and maybe you artists out there can relate) is that I’m really only happy with about .0003% of the images I make. I took 20,000 to 30,000 photos in 2016; I feel like I only shot, well, …
I spent five days in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew slammed into the small island nation. I’ve been reporting from disasters for years now, and I walked away from Haiti affected by what I saw. I watched funeral processions for small children who drowned when a community flooded. I met families who had lost everything, the …
Nearly a week after Hurricane Isaac slammed the southern coast of Louisiana, entire neighborhoods in Plaquemines Parish were still under four to six feet of water. I tagged along with Gus Givemas Sr., a resident of Braithwaite, as he tried to access his home with no luck. His home was still flooded with nearly four …
A tornado hit Hampton, VA on the evening of June 1st. Since it was so close to home, I headed up on Saturday morning to survey the damage and take some photos. We ended up responding for a few days, helping homeowners cover roofs and clean up debris. I snapped these the first morning–crews had …
On April 4th tornadoes touched down in several places around the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Within hours I was on a plane headed to Dallas. As part of a rapid response team, I was sent to make damage assessments to determine if a full deployment would be necessary. Driving around parts of South Dallas, namely …
After spending the day in a tornado disaster zone, I was headed to my hotel in Marion, Illinois. As I drove down the interstate at sunset I could see a thick cloud of smoke streaming up from the historic part of town. I had a little extra energy, and I was feeling curious, so I …
A dangerous storm system passed through the Midwest on February 29th, 2012. Dubbed the “Leap Year Tornadoes,” parts of the Midwest were hit hard. The morning after the storm passed through Harrisburg, IL our disaster team gathered to talk about a possible deployment. The small town in Southern Illinois had six deaths (a death a week …
As we headed back to Livermore, CA after a day of shooting in Stockton we ran across a problem. A fire had crossed the interstate. On the positive side, while sitting in traffic, I shot some cool pictures of wind turbines at sunset.