The World in Focus Blog
Recently, I had the privilege of doing the film for International Justice Mission’s 15 Year Anniversary celebration. Watch it on YouTube. My team worked hard to showcase the best of IJM’s work fighting injustice…what a remarkable organization. Thanks to Sara Groves for the music!
I’ve known Doug Nuenke for a long time, ever since I was a freshman at the University of Kansas. He’s a good guy. So after he became president of the The Navigators a few years back it has been fun to call him Mr. President and give him a hard time about being a big whig. He hates it and keeps telling me he is NOT a big whig. But we all know better. Here is a photo I took of him at Glen Eyrie back in April. Go get ’em Doctor.
Time for the yearly wedding update. As you know, I pretty much take one wedding a year and usually only for friends. This time it was for one of my most trusted, loyal and talented editors, Brandon Wasserburger. Brandon has been doing a great job for me for years, so when he got engaged and asked if I would shoot his wedding, it was a no brainer. I said yes immediately.
I had never been to Cody, Wyoming, where Brandon and his lovely wife Mari got married. It was awesome. But better yet was the simplicity and humility of this wedding. It reminded me of my own–and that doesn’t happen very often any more. So congrats to these two, and just think–the Wild West is still alive!
The one for one model made famous by Tom’s is spreading. A few months back a group in Denver called Second Story Homes asked me to put together a quick slideshow for a model they are employing using homes, not shoes. I did all the photography in this piece except for the Samaritan’s Purse photos in the middle section–those were donated and used by permission from S.P. Now go get your dream home!
Yesterday I got this photograph from Brian Sytsma at World Vision, who was with me on the Testimony Africa trip in which we interviewed Babirye, one of the “heroes” of the book (she is in the middle). I had sent the book long ago, but as is usually the case in communications between here and Africa, it took some time before ever finding out if it actually made it there. I am so glad to see that it did, and that she is all smiles and doing well. Thank you Brian, and thanks to all of you who have supported the Testimony work!
