December 31st, 2007
December 30th, 2007
So i’m sifting through photos of Africa .. back home editing like crazy.here is some of my fav’s taken by
December 22nd, 2007
This past week I flew up to New York with a good friend Kayla. We stayed with Summer Rayne, who I traveled the country of Mozambique with in November. For some reason this city has captured my heart. I love it like no other right now. There is such a momentum in the air and people getting so much accomplished. It has a much more european feel than most U.S. cities. I found myself at some awesome vegan restaurants and sitting at cafe’s sipping coffee.
On Monday night, I photographed the Charity Water Ball at the Metropolitan Pavilion. I really love what this non-profit is doing. 100% of all donations goes to where it says it does. They raised $500,000 on Monday night alone and it will all go to build water wells in villages of Africa. Check out there site for updates ! ( http://www.charityis.com ) It was great to see friends there and connect with many new people.
So, now i’m headed home for Christmas. I’ve been an editing maniac lately trying to sort through Africa images and still keep things going here. I am counting the days down till I go to the Democratic Republic of Congo in three weeks. After my many shots in the last few weeks, I think i’m ready to head back again. If an of you are interested in donating to the organization i’m going with you can visit
( http://www.banding-together.org )
I am bringing a whole suitcase of clothes and hygiene needs for the kids in the orphanage. If you want to be a part of this please email me and let me know and i’ll send you a list of what I plan to bring. Merry Christmas to you all! I hope you are spending happy days with your families.
December 15th, 2007
Sitting in the Austin Airport headed to New York City this morning. My friend Kayla is along for the adventure as we explore Manhattan at Christmas time. I can’t wait to see snow and decorations galore.. i think New York is the most Christmas a city can present itself to be. I can’t wait to see this. I will be meeting up with lots of old and new friends and attending the Charity Water Ball on Monday night. If you don’t know what this is check out http:://www.charityis.org
They have provided over 258 wells in villages of Africa in just this past year !! Amazing organization and purpose. Go buy water from them.. or come to the ball if you are in New York! 
December 8th, 2007
It’s been a little over a week since i’ve been home and i’m still processing this past months trip. I’ve had a lot of editing to do this week, so most processing has been done in front of a screen. It’s such different worlds that are across the globe and unless you’ve been there and seen it, there are no words to explain. Poverty is something that hit me like no other on this trip. I thought i had seen that by going to the trash dump in Nicaragua and the slums in India, but none of this compared to the situation in Africa. People are Starving of malnutrition… the children are sitting there helpless with blown up stomachs and in desperate need of healthy food. It’s reality.
I head back to Africa in a little less than 4 weeks and on this trip I will be photographing, but even more so I want to spread love and joy to the people of the war torn Congo. If you don’t know what is going on in this country, I would encourage you to type Congo News in google and educate yourself on situation in this country. They need so much prayer right now. This war is causing thousands and thousands of displaced people and the UN world food program isn’t even able to deliver to this area anymore out of fear of putting their own staff at risk. Check out these girls who just picked up and moved to the Congo – they have a video they upload every month http://www.congocast.org
December 1st, 2007
After long days of travel, I have finally made it home to Austin, Texas. I am still processing all of these last weeks adventures that we experienced driving across mozambique and the shoe drop with Toms in South Africa. They are all such sweet memories that I will hold onto forever. I wanted to share a few images with you from last week in Mozambique.
Also, I have an exhibit starting tonight at Domician Joes (Congress and Riverside) in Austin. Please come by if you are free between 8-11pm.
on the road for hours a day.. along with Summer Rayne Oaks and Allan Shwartz