
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")


Wat Nong Sikhounmuang

Pyramids at Giza

Rothko Antarctica


Monument des Martyrs

Each day more than 3 million people pass through Shinjuku, the world's busiest train station

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")

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

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 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


"Che" screened at the 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.

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.)



Amtrak California Zephyr passes an old freight train. (Read my accompanying New York Times story, "Riding the Rails")

On the border fence with Arizona, white crosses mark fatalities - others give a leg up. (Read my accompanying story, "Springtime on the Border," in Alternet.)
