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Archive for February, 2008

Year of the rat

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

It’s Chinese New Year… The Year of the Rat… Obviously not the Year of the Chicken roasted to celebrate…   Happy Chinese New Year to all… 

Brother Nr 2

Monday, February 4th, 2008

I just updated my website with a set of pictures in the Khmer Rouge Trial story. NUON Chea, Brother Nr2, was in front of his judges at the first pre-trial hearing for this former Khmer Rouge leader. The trial chamber is quite small so only 5 photographers and two cameramen were allowed in, pooling for those [...]

21 years ago

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

21 years ago on Feb. 3rd I was celebrating my 39th anniversary shooting pictures… Mali. Tondiby. 3/02/1987: Women grinding millet seed for the meal of the people from the cooperative working on the irrigation dams. Mali. Tondiby. 3/02/1987: Cutting the straw of a previous rice harvest on irrigated plot of land run by a cooperative. [...]