Miracle
Dec
25
2011
Albert Einstein once said “There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.” “Miracle”, now that is a hopeful sounding word. A miracle is defined as, “A wonder or wonderful thing. Specifically: An event or effect contrary to the established
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UNICEF Photo of the Year 2011
Dec
21
2011
” Each year, UNICEF Germany grants the “UNICEF Photo of the Year Award” to photos and photo series that best depict the personality and living conditions of children all around the world. Third prize has been awarded to American photographer Mary F. Calvert for her work in Nigeria.
Helpers in the War on AIDS
Dec
1
2011
In November, I was gratified to learn that I was named one of the winners in the first ever National Press Photographers Association Short Grants Competition. NPPA president Sean D. Elliot informed me that my story proposal on women with AIDS in Washington, D.C. was one of five projects awarded grants. Sharing the honor with
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Mary F. Calvert is an award-winning photographer who travels the globe documenting a wide range of issues. A natural storyteller; she remains a true believer that the light cast by photojournalism is capable of affecting meaningful social change. It is that belief and commitment to her craft that has taken her from the glaciers of Greenland to the depths of war-torn Africa and Afghanistan, always looking to shine that light.