Life Near Windows

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Food Geometries

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My Father’s Heirlooms

Heirloom tomatoes are finicky fruit that require deep soil, an enormous amount of space and abundant sunshine. They are prone to diseases and blight and produce less fruit than more traditionally farmed tomatoes, those that produce the uniform red orbs found in groceries around the world. But, it is their unusual beauty, their unexpected shapes, their profound colors and their potent flavor that make them my father’s gardening obsession. Some heirlooms have orange skin and green flesh, some wear multi-colored coats with deep red insides. They are as small as a marble or as large as a melon, with odd humps, knots, knuckles, scars and puckers around each turn.

Published in: The Plant Journal, 2014

The Trappings of Nature

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14,000 feet above the sea

These images were made in the cities of Cochabamba, La Paz and Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. Funding for this project was provided by the Creative Artists Agency.

International flights arrive at the La Paz/El Alto airport situated nearly 14,000 feet above sea level. The surrounding city sits in the crater of a canyon, streets and alleyways with steep hairpin turns create a way into the center. Wild dogs roam the streets at night, but when the city awakens in the early morning, markets come to life and the streets move with endless bustle.

Elsewhere, salt mines, quinoa fields and the Andean landscape dominate the breathtaking scenery of the country where life is both slow and constantly punctuated by the realities brought about by political, social and economic volatility.

Off-Season Sugar Cane Workers

These images depict life in and around Cabarete, Dominican Republic. Here, impoverished communities sit against the backdrop of swaying palm trees and tropical resorts. Sugar plantations—part Dominican and part Haitian—comprise a large contingent of cane cutters. The two groups live in separate communities on the plantation's grounds.

Every May, the 2-3 month planting season ends and workers are on rest until harvest season begins again. Life continues with few restources on the plantations during these summer months; children run around shirtless, swinging in the natural pools formed in nearby caves and adults sit quietly on their porches, resting in the heat.

This series was published in GOOD Magazine in April 2010.

Berlin, 2009

A selection of images made in Berlin, Germany.