Bateux-Mouches, Seine River, Paris, 1986
Francois Gilson and Basil. Paris, 1980.
There was a massive demonstration and the Stasi came out, ready to shoot at the crowd. The demonstrators marched to the wall. Berlin, November 1989.
Tuareg tribesmen. Mauritania, 1991.
The bloodshed between the SPLA and its split-off factions forced a huge number of people to walk 100 miles from Nasir in southern Sudan to a newly created UN camp in Ayod. The UN felt it would be easier to feed and take care of refugees in Ayod, but of those who survived the walk, over 200 people died there. Between Waat and Ayod, 1993.
The 18th district, where Caroline and I lived together. Paris, 1993.
The Two-week stand off between Russian President Borris Yeltisn and former Vice President Rutskoi, barrackaded in the Parliament building, finally flarred into violence. Moscow turned into an open-air shooting range for Rutskoi's rag tag army of communist Russia, Moscow, 1993.
The Two-week stand off between Russian President Borris Yeltisn and former Vice President Rutskoi, barrackaded in the Parliament building, finally flarred into violence. Moscow turned into an open-air shooting range for Rutskoi's rag tag army of communist The Two-week stand off between Russian President Borris Yeltisn and former Vice President Rutskoi, barrackaded in the Parliament building, finally flarred into violence. Moscow turned into an open-air shooting range for Rutskoi's rag tag army of communists. Moscow, 1993.
Asya, Now 22 with the face of an angel she was carried off and raped at the age of 14. A man entered the family house while she was alone threw a bag over her head and hurriedly put her in the car where his accomplices were waiting. He kept her for a few days. He married with her. Chechen traditions allow a man to kidnap the woman he wants to marry with or without her consent. After the birth of their child her husband became jealous drinking and beating her. She escaped to her sister in Grozny. She decided to become a nurse. After graduating from nursing school she met her second husband. She became a fighting nurse. Itum Kale, 1996.
This was a decisive month in which the Chechens decimated Russian forces in Grozny catching them off guard in a massive assault. The central market was scene to some of the fiercest battles. Grozny, August 1996.
Seriously underestimating Chechen ingenuity, Russian troop were caught in Grozny as Chechen rebels infiltrated the city. Moscow bombed the capital, despite the presence of numerous Russian troops. Grozny, August 1996.
Chechen fighters were ordered by their commanders to fight to their deaths to hold the city. Grozny, August 1996.
On ecstasy at the TR Club. Moscow, 1996.
Titanik nightclub. Titanik was a hot spot for Russian mafia types, fashion models and expats looking to unwind. Clubs like these were great pick-up spots for women who wanted to have a 'good time.' Moscow, 2003.
The Northern Alliance prepares to take Kabul from the Taliban. Afghanistan, 2001.
Psychiatric Hospital. Princess and the Pea. Vladivostock, Russia. November 1998.
The Banya in Colony 33, Mariinsk. Outside temperatures are -35 degrees celsius, causing a constant stream inside where it is rather warm. 2002.
Road side explosion. Northern Iraq, 2004
Veiled women of Fallujah waiting for news of their wounded husbands. Iraq, 2004.
The Mabuhay Gardens. San Francisco, 1977.
On Broadway, North Beach. San Francisco, 1980.
Baquba Region, Iraq, July 2005.
Two soldiers of the 34th armored division outside their barracks after working out. FOB Warhorse, Baquba, Iraq, July 2005.
Maria 18 years old H.I.V. positive, working as a prostitute to support her habit. A dope user for ten years, she used to shoot six times per day, now she just smokes crack and chases "the Dragon". Puerto Rico, 2004
Narcotics division police officers in New Orleans felt that the lower 9th ward was a hotbed of crime, gambling, racketeering, graft, shootings, pimps, drugs and prostitution. New Orleans, Louisiana, 2006.
The Lower 9th Ward. A Katrina mud covered flag is strewn in a church in the lower 9th ward. No one has begun to clean it up or renovate it. New Orleans, Louisiana 2007.
Lebanese army on patrol after rumors of israeli raid coming from the sea. Lebanon, Tyre, August 2006
The smell of death is everywhere. The city morgue is in the palestinian section of Tyre. Lebanon, Tyre, August 2006.
Plan of the attack. Chad, Bahai, January 2007
The Plague. ? When many move about like shadows on a wall , where dark vapors rise like fog from the Earth ??We can see in men a great lack of self confidence and much jealousy
and hatred towards themselves. Diary Of Samuel Pepys 1665.
