Aitape, Papua New Guinea (July 19, 2017) One day during the First World War, in light of the heavy losses German fighter aircraft were inflicting on Allied reconnaissance aircraft, the Royal Flying Corps made a decision: from now on, reconnaissance aircraft would require an escort of at least three fighter aircraft. The date of that […]
30 Years Ago, Leaving On A Jet Plane
Me, about to board a flight from Port Moresby to Singapore (May 9, 1990) When you take a picture and then look at it the following week, it’s a straightforward action: you are looking at a recognizable person or place, an event still fresh. But tuck the picture away a while and then pull it […]
He Asked The Birds To Forgive Him
It’s not easy being an animal in much of the world, or a person. This young crocodile had been recently captured when I took its picture in a village in Papua New Guinea’s East Sepik Province. There was something unsettling in how its eyes could see, yet its mouth was muzzled and its legs bound. […]