The World in Focus Blog
Born at 1:25 am June 24, 2010 in a waterbath at the Sheridan’s house on Cascade Avenue in Colorado Springs.
Evelyn’s esophagus did not develop as expected, so today she had a surgery to correct it. It went well. Check her new blog for more information about her journey!
Here is a slideshow of her first two days…
Update: Crowns film is done!
I just had a great trip to Rwanda. The first part of the trip was to help Karisimbi Business Partners get some stuff shot and also to hang with the Urquhart family. That was a good time. Along the way I did some shooting for International Justice Mission. That was equally good. I have some cool photographs of those two shoots but will save those for later.
The remainder and bulk of the time was spent with World Vision and a group called Casting Crowns. This was my third shoot in Rwanda and the country looks better and better all the time. One of the highlights was seeing my friend Emmanuel at the Murambi Genocide Memorial outside of Butare. It had been five years since I had seen him (and taken a photograph of him that made its way into Smithsonian Magazine (see “Testimony Africa,” which is now at the printer and will be ready in September. More on that soon.) Here is a slide-show of some of the photographs. The full Casting Crowns movie will be ready in mid July.
When I shot and wrote for Compassion after the earthquake in Haiti, I came across a lovely scene in a Compassion project where a woman was holding her hands up to the sky in thanks to God. I knew right then it was a special photograph, and I am glad Compassion saw it that way too and used it for the cover of their new magazine. Here is the non-cropped black and white version:
Be sure to click the link above and see the three stories inside the magazine I shot and wrote as well!
Each year I try to make some of my time available for a project that could either use a little help or afford me the chance to be involved in something larger than my own little world. Although my paid work often does just that, it’s normally a completely different experience for me if there is not a “client” watching me closely. So a few weeks ago I had the chance to go to the Dominican Republic for a week with some friends from my church and help do some construction at a place called Mission Emanuel. We also visited a leper colony, a first for me. It was an outstanding trip! I did take my camera and got a few shots off everywhere I went. Here is a sampling:
For those of you who want to see more, check out the slideshow below…
