interpreted by Vishnu Hoff
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Gila National Park, New Mexico, USA

Gila National Park, New Mexico, USA

Gila National Park, New Mexico, USA

Gila National Park, New Mexico, USA

A torrential downpour in the distance provides a stark demarcation on the arid plains between the parched and the quenched.

Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

The VLA (Very Large Array), an astronomical radio observatory, is an extraordinary surprise to the unsuspecting traveler through this scrubland just North of the Gila National Park. Each of the 27 antennas is 82 feet in diameter, but arise slowly out of the distance as you move through the landscape, until you're close enough to be awed by their immensity and anomalous presence. 

Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

Gila National Park, New Mexico, USA

Gila National Park, New Mexico, USA

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Yagala, Sierra Leone

Yagala, Sierra Leone

Yagala, Sierra Leone

Yagala, Sierra Leone

Yagala, Sierra Leone

Yagala, Sierra Leone

Along the Road, Ghana

Along the Road, Ghana

Along the road, Sierra Leone

Along the road, Sierra Leone

Antigua, Guatemala

Antigua, Guatemala

Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Truck driver delivering freshly cut sugar cane for processing at the sugar factory that is the primary economy of this island.

Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

The inner workings of a sugar factory.

Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

A worker inspects the still very watery sugar water in an early stage of the process that will result in various grades of crystallized sugar.

Antigua, Guatemala

Antigua, Guatemala

The Saint Joseph Cathedral was once one of the largest in Central America, but was mostly destroyed by a massive earthquake in 1773. While parts have been restored, most of the structure stands with its grand arches open to the sky.

Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Street dogs.​

Pacaya Volcano, Central Guatemala

Pacaya Volcano, Central Guatemala

Street dog. This skin and bones dog followed us most of the way up the volcano with hopes for a hand-out. Like most of her kind, she was cautious, sweet, engaging, and endlessly patient. I felt badly for her because we had little to offer and I feared that the exertion would be too much for her emaciated condition.

Escalante City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Escalante City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Street dog. This new mother reminded me of the she-wolf of Rome who nurtured Romulus and Remus in mythology.​

Antigua, Guatemala

Antigua, Guatemala

Street dog.​

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Street dog.​

Pacaya Volcano, Central Guatemala

Pacaya Volcano, Central Guatemala

Street dog. This guy seemed to have given up on asking for handouts and just snoozed in the middle of the path at the foot of the volcano, a mangy and boney pile.​

Along the road, Sierra Leone

Along the road, Sierra Leone

Along the road, Sierra Leone

Along the road, Sierra Leone

Along the road, Sierra Leone

Along the road, Sierra Leone

Elmina, Ghana

Elmina, Ghana

This was one of the main holding cells for slaves in the belly of one of the primary slaving castles of West Africa. While you can feel the presence of the millions of tortured souls that once passed through it, the teeming streets of the village outside don't seem to hold any grudges- when I walked back in to the bright light and ruckus, I half expected to receive resentful looks for what my white skin represents in such a context. There were none.

Makeni, Sierra Leone

Makeni, Sierra Leone

A not atypical restaurant bathroom.

Makeni, Sierra Leone

Makeni, Sierra Leone

Kabala, Sierra Leone

Kabala, Sierra Leone

Antigua, Guatemala

Antigua, Guatemala

Bali, Indonesia

Bali, Indonesia

Central Guatemala

Central Guatemala

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Haiti, nearly a year after being struck by a massive earthquake, still wore its devastation everywhere your eye fell, and I could barely imagine how it must have been in the immediate aftermath.

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Haiti, nearly a year after being struck by a massive earthquake, still wore its devastation everywhere your eye fell, and I could barely imagine how it must have been in the immediate aftermath.

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Haiti, nearly a year after being struck by a massive earthquake, still wore its devastation everywhere your eye fell, and I could barely imagine how it must have been in the immediate aftermath.

Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Molocaboc Island, Philippines

Molocaboc Island, Philippines

Molocaboc Island, Philippines

Molocaboc Island, Philippines

Carbin Reef, Philippines

Carbin Reef, Philippines

New Mexico, USA

New Mexico, USA

A rural cemetery awaits the storm.

Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona, Spain

Visayan Sea, Philippines

Visayan Sea, Philippines

Molocaboc Island, Philippines

Molocaboc Island, Philippines

Nassau Fjord, Alaska, USA

Nassau Fjord, Alaska, USA

Nassau Fjord, Alaska, USA

Nassau Fjord, Alaska, USA

Glaciers calve in to icebergs of all sizes, and these offspring eventually ablate, sometimes in to surprisingly delicate sculpture. There's something almost mystical to be there in the extraordinary silence of true wilderness when the sculpture finally collapses with a high-tuned snap under the intense gaze of the Spring sun.

Nassau Fjord, Alaska, USA

Nassau Fjord, Alaska, USA

Blackstone Glacier, Alaska, USA

Blackstone Glacier, Alaska, USA

Cape Coast, Ghana

Cape Coast, Ghana

Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France

Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France

Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France

Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France

Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France

Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France

Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France

Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France

Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France

Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France

Aiguille du Moine, Chamonix, France

Aiguille du Moine, Chamonix, France

Gila National Park, New Mexico, USA

Gila National Park, New Mexico, USA

A torrential downpour in the distance provides a stark demarcation on the arid plains between the parched and the quenched.

Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

The VLA (Very Large Array), an astronomical radio observatory, is an extraordinary surprise to the unsuspecting traveler through this scrubland just North of the Gila National Park. Each of the 27 antennas is 82 feet in diameter, but arise slowly out of the distance as you move through the landscape, until you're close enough to be awed by their immensity and anomalous presence. 

Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA

Gila National Park, New Mexico, USA

Yagala, Sierra Leone

Yagala, Sierra Leone

Yagala, Sierra Leone

Along the Road, Ghana

Along the road, Sierra Leone

Antigua, Guatemala

Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Truck driver delivering freshly cut sugar cane for processing at the sugar factory that is the primary economy of this island.

Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

The inner workings of a sugar factory.

Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

A worker inspects the still very watery sugar water in an early stage of the process that will result in various grades of crystallized sugar.

Antigua, Guatemala

The Saint Joseph Cathedral was once one of the largest in Central America, but was mostly destroyed by a massive earthquake in 1773. While parts have been restored, most of the structure stands with its grand arches open to the sky.

Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Street dogs.​

Pacaya Volcano, Central Guatemala

Street dog. This skin and bones dog followed us most of the way up the volcano with hopes for a hand-out. Like most of her kind, she was cautious, sweet, engaging, and endlessly patient. I felt badly for her because we had little to offer and I feared that the exertion would be too much for her emaciated condition.

Escalante City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Street dog. This new mother reminded me of the she-wolf of Rome who nurtured Romulus and Remus in mythology.​

Antigua, Guatemala

Street dog.​

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Street dog.​

Pacaya Volcano, Central Guatemala

Street dog. This guy seemed to have given up on asking for handouts and just snoozed in the middle of the path at the foot of the volcano, a mangy and boney pile.​

Along the road, Sierra Leone

Along the road, Sierra Leone

Along the road, Sierra Leone

Elmina, Ghana

This was one of the main holding cells for slaves in the belly of one of the primary slaving castles of West Africa. While you can feel the presence of the millions of tortured souls that once passed through it, the teeming streets of the village outside don't seem to hold any grudges- when I walked back in to the bright light and ruckus, I half expected to receive resentful looks for what my white skin represents in such a context. There were none.

Makeni, Sierra Leone

A not atypical restaurant bathroom.

Makeni, Sierra Leone

Kabala, Sierra Leone

Antigua, Guatemala

Bali, Indonesia

Central Guatemala

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Haiti, nearly a year after being struck by a massive earthquake, still wore its devastation everywhere your eye fell, and I could barely imagine how it must have been in the immediate aftermath.

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Haiti, nearly a year after being struck by a massive earthquake, still wore its devastation everywhere your eye fell, and I could barely imagine how it must have been in the immediate aftermath.

Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Haiti, nearly a year after being struck by a massive earthquake, still wore its devastation everywhere your eye fell, and I could barely imagine how it must have been in the immediate aftermath.

Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Molocaboc Island, Philippines

Molocaboc Island, Philippines

Carbin Reef, Philippines

New Mexico, USA

A rural cemetery awaits the storm.

Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona, Spain

Visayan Sea, Philippines

Molocaboc Island, Philippines

Nassau Fjord, Alaska, USA

Nassau Fjord, Alaska, USA

Glaciers calve in to icebergs of all sizes, and these offspring eventually ablate, sometimes in to surprisingly delicate sculpture. There's something almost mystical to be there in the extraordinary silence of true wilderness when the sculpture finally collapses with a high-tuned snap under the intense gaze of the Spring sun.

Nassau Fjord, Alaska, USA

Blackstone Glacier, Alaska, USA

Cape Coast, Ghana

Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France

Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France

Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France

Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France

Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France

Aiguille du Moine, Chamonix, France

Gila National Park, New Mexico, USA
Gila National Park, New Mexico, USA
Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA
Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA
Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA
Plains of San Agustin, New Mexico, USA
Gila National Park, New Mexico, USA
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Yagala, Sierra Leone
Yagala, Sierra Leone
Yagala, Sierra Leone
Along the Road, Ghana
Along the road, Sierra Leone
Antigua, Guatemala
Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Antigua, Guatemala
Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Pacaya Volcano, Central Guatemala
Escalante City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Antigua, Guatemala
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Pacaya Volcano, Central Guatemala
Along the road, Sierra Leone
Along the road, Sierra Leone
Along the road, Sierra Leone
Elmina, Ghana
Makeni, Sierra Leone
Makeni, Sierra Leone
Kabala, Sierra Leone
Antigua, Guatemala
Bali, Indonesia
Central Guatemala
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Molocaboc Island, Philippines
Molocaboc Island, Philippines
Carbin Reef, Philippines
New Mexico, USA
Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona, Spain
Visayan Sea, Philippines
Molocaboc Island, Philippines
Nassau Fjord, Alaska, USA
Nassau Fjord, Alaska, USA
Nassau Fjord, Alaska, USA
Blackstone Glacier, Alaska, USA
Cape Coast, Ghana
Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France
Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France
Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France
Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France
Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France
Aiguille du Moine, Chamonix, France