PLACES
Remains of a fortress built in the third century B.C. by the Siah-Posh, a tribe of black-robed fire worshipers. (Read my accompanying New York Times story, "At the Crossroads of History")
Pyramids at Giza
Rothko Antarctica
Amtrak California Zephyr snakes along the Colorado River. (Read my accompanying New York Times story, "Riding the Rails")
A traditional Pamiri house, with architectural features rich in religious and cosmological symbolism. (Read my accompanying New York Times story, "At the Crossroads of History")
Shwedagon Pagoda
The Seine, from L'Institut Du Monde Arabe
During Mountain Viper training exercises, Marines simulate war in Afghanistan using hired Afghan role players. (Read my accompanying story, "Theater of War," in Monocle Magazine.)
Morning alms, Wat Sene
Bartang Valley (Read my accompanying New York Times story, "At the Crossroads of History")
Nam Ou River
Sahara International Film Festival, held annually in the remote Dakhla refugee camp to suppport the Saharawi people, embroiled in a protracted conflict with Morocco over Western Sahara. (Read my accompanying story in The New York Times Arts section.)
The remote Dakhla refugee camp, home to the exiled Saharawi people, who are embroiled in a protracted conflict with Morocco over Western Sahara. (Read my accompanying story in The New York Times Arts section.)
Rothko Pacific
Amtrak California Zephyr passes an old freight train. (Read my accompanying New York Times story, "Riding the Rails")
