Hampi Part II

Hampi Part II

Since December I have barely spent any time in my apartment. I went to West Bengal, Gorkhaland, and Sikkim for two weeks, then I was sick fo...

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Website update!

It's been a while since I've written. I've got some things in the works, a lot has been going on. Mostly I've been rock clim...

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Blind Sketching & Creativity

Blind Sketching & Creativity

I really want to draw more. I enjoy using that part of my brain, and it doesn't get used nearly enough. I wish I had the time/patience...

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Villages in Andhra Pradesh

Villages in Andhra Pradesh

Last week I worked on a project for HMRI in Hyderabad. There tagline is "Health For All", something I can appreciate. They provi...

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When it rains, it pours.

When it rains, it pours.

It happens with bad days; one thing compounds into the next. But this time it rained work. I came to Hyderabad for a shoot for a company tha...

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A Hampi New Year

A Hampi New Year

You could say I was looking for something different. This year I didn't want some drunken New Year party topped with poppers and horns ...

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Travels in Gorkhaland and Sikkim Part I

Travels in Gorkhaland and Sikkim Part I

I guess with most trips you feel like you leave in a huff, but this time as I locked my door with the giant padlock and hurried off to find...

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Travels in Gorkhaland and Sikkim Part II

Travels in Gorkhaland and Sikkim Part II

It's cold. After playing guitar around the fire and chess with a guy from Israel named Amos I retire to my room. I haven't showere...

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Muktangan School

Muktangan School

This week I did another photoshoot for ATMA at a school called Muktangan. It is a groundbreaking school that serves as model for other schoo...

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Rock Climbing Again! In India!

Rock Climbing Again! In India!

Before I even got to Bombay I started researching the climbing community. I found a climbing wall that is set just off of a school grounds i...

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Dharavi - Reality Cares

Dharavi - Reality Cares

It finally happened. After the shoot getting postponed day after day, we set the schedule for Monday morning. I meet Vinay, my assistant, at...

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Recoil

One night on the train I thought I should make a short film. I visualized some shots and lighting, and when I got home at two in the morning...

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Couch Surfers

Couch Surfers

I have started hosting Couch Surfers at my apartment, and I decided to document each one if they agree. Here are the first two. Jörn fro...

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Broken Equipment, Blessings from Canon

The last few nights I've been filming a short film in my apartment, just experimenting with lighting and angles. I am excited to finish ...

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Another School Post full of Chillins

Another School Post full of Chillins

Yesterday I had the pleasure of going out of the big city to a small village area about two and half hours north by train. After a long bump...

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Chapter 1 - Diu, Gujarat, West India

Chapter 1 - Diu, Gujarat, West India

October 23 I have lived in India now for four and half months and I had yet to travel far beyond the cities of Hyderabad and Bombay before ...

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Chapter 2 - Bhuj, Gujarat, West

Chapter 2 - Bhuj, Gujarat, West

October 28 The seats are not broken - that is a major plus to this bus - and it is overnight so we get some amount of sleep, but it stops s...

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Cute Chillins

Cute Chillins

This week I started a project for an NGO that works on education for children who would otherwise wind up on the streets. This particular sc...

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Broken Chacos - Unthinkable

Broken Chacos - Unthinkable

About a month ago I was playing cricket with some local kids in south Bombay. After a big hit I took off running and something snapped on my...

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Work!

Things are happening here in Mumbai along with the very unseasonal rains (people say they have never seen rain in November, and it is foreca...

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The Climbing Of Mt. Rinjani, Lombok, Indonesia

I have uploaded a new video that tells the story of climbing Mt. Rinjani on the island of Lombok in Indonesia. I am enjoying working with vi...

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Sketches

Sketches

I have been wanting to draw more. I would like to try and draw something every day, but I fail daily. A few weeks ago I went to a village a ...

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The edge of India

Right now I am in the city of Bhuj, about 100km from the border of Pakistan. I have been traveling with my friend Stephen for the past few ...

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I have Internet!

This is exciting. Finally I can reach the world without leaving my apartment. It is what I have dreamed of and toiled for two months to atta...

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Chapter One: The Journey - Bali and Lombok, Indonesia

Chapter One: The Journey - Bali and Lombok, Indonesia

Here it is, the big update. Enjoy. Let me know what you think. I spent two weeks in Indonesia. Here is my journal along with selected phot...

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Chapter 2: The Climb

Chapter 2: The Climb

Sept 19 In the morning we meet a driver from the Lombok Network Tours who takes us to the starting point of the trek, about 1,000 meters ab...

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Chapter 3: Snorkeling

Chapter 3: Snorkeling

Sept 22 Six of us sit across from each other in a traditional boat barely wide enough for one person to sit staring over the side with hi...

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Chapter 4: Kuta, Lombok

Chapter 4: Kuta, Lombok

Sept 23 We have a lazy morning since we are not meeting our driver till 10am. With our breakfast of jam and toast momentarily satisfying ou...

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Chapter 5: Traveling Alone Again. Ubud and Mt. Batur

Chapter 5: Traveling Alone Again. Ubud and Mt. Batur

Sept 25 We jump into a SUV we arranged with a local to take us to Mataram, the main city of Lombok and the location of the airport. The dri...

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Chapter 6: Nusa Lembongan

Chapter 6: Nusa Lembongan

Sept 28 The hot water thermos and tea always await my waking just outside my door on the porch with bamboo chairs and a hammock hanging fro...

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Chapter 7:Heading Home

Chapter 7:Heading Home

Sept 30 I wake up and look at my watch. 5:55 A. M. Thank you God for the wake up call. I start packing and hear my 6am wake up, a worker kn...

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Bali and Lombok

I am back from my two week holiday in Bali and Lombok, Indonesia. It was a great time but its good to be back in good ol' hotn sweaty mu...

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