A Few Work Samples
Over the past forty years I have developed an impressive client list that has included: The Ford Foundation; United Way Worldwide; NFL Partnerships; The Commonwealth Fund; UNICEF: Ethiopia - New York - Swaziland; World Food Program, Sénégal; Oxfam; Rockefeller Bros. Fund; The Carnegie Corporation; The World Economic Forum, Addis Ababa; Towers Perrin; Young and Rubicam; McCann Erikson; European PressPhoto Agency; The New York Times; and a host of magazines and record labels. May I help you?
Denver Broncos and United Way of America
In 2014, before leaving for Dakar, I traveled with a team of United Way executives across America photographing NFL players and various children from community organizations. From jacksonville, Florida to Seattle Washington, we drove an overstuffed SUV loaded with a mobile "CNN" studio to each NFL location. Between shoots, we discovered many aspects of America we had never seen before.
Stockholm Pride Parade
I heard the music before I saw the crowds. I was walking towards Sveavägen when all of a sudden I met thousands of dancing supporters for Stockholm's popular Pride Parade. The march passed through many neighborhoods before coming to its conclusion at Stadion. And there, the real party began.
UNICEF, Eswatini
Severe Acute Malnutrition and HIV infection plague many parts of the world. Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, is especially hard-hit by both calamities. Very often, struggling parents are forced to decide between food and medicine to care for their children.
Brother Tiz
In 2001, after eight years of riding, partying, drinking, and dancing, powerHouse books published my first book "Brooklyn Kings: New York City's Black Bikers." I was an immediate success with most readers never having known that such an organized band of bikers even existed. The title is a play on words since Brooklyn is actually Kings County - bordering its sibling Queens County. I was feted by news and media outlets from around the world. BBC sent a reporter who wanted to experience the "real" Brooklyn of my stories. Unfortunately for them, my guys don't parade around with guns holsters and girls for just anyone. It took me years to build up that trust.
Get Your Head Right
What can I say, I have a wry sense of humor. We photographers are trained to be curios, to run towards danger, not away. Many thinks make me smile. This temporary hair loss happened numerous times during the Olympics when track and field runners occasionally lost their heads.
Belle Donne
Island hopping through Greece I chanced upon these two medical students from Italy. They were photographing each other and I thought to myself, why not disturb their solitude and make a few bikini photos in the mix. "Uomo americano" they asked? And we both said sì and laughed.
Keur de Champions
I was invited to Souleymane Mbaye's boxing gym, the Keur of Champions, to watch his fighters train. He is a former WBA light-heavyweight champion. But one of his best accomplishments, for me, is taking on women boxers who for whatever reason want to know how to defend themselves.
Smoking That Stuff
You can smell the spice market of New Delhi long before you reach your destination. The air is heavy with curry, lavender, and the odd bull. Each street is a new maze of alleys and turnoffs, jammed tight with rickshaws and cattle fighting for passage. We are eating samosa's and mulligatawny soup from street vendors. It was one of the few places I have travelled where no one cared about my camera. It was heaven.
Holi Mountain
The Indian Embassy hosted a Holi celebration in 2019 to share a bit of Eastern culture with Dakar. It was held at the base of the Monument and was a chromatic spectacle of people and pigment. I later stripped out this young man and dropped in a landscape from Popenguine.
Sarkozy and Wade
In 2007 I covered President Wade's reelection campaign for European PressPhoto Agency. Everyone was there from African Heads of State to Akon the Sénégalese rapper. Mu'ammer al-Qadhdhafi was there with his retinue, smiling and greeting everyone he met. It is amazing just how often I have had close access to African Presidents and Prime Ministers.
It's Dog Eat Dog
I am always curious about human nature. So two men, wearing leather dog masks and collars, walk up to a Swedish police officer to ask a question. The cop engages in light-hearted banter with htme while throngs of LBGTQ supporters parade down the avenue. I start to imagine what was the question: Hey officer, what do you do when you dog collar itches? Well I tend to apply a light layer of talc powder on my neck before I go out for a stroll.
