by JE | th Nov | Blogs, Middle East, Photography and People, Street Photography
Chapter V. The Angel and The General October, 2010:Β My birthday is today, and I started the day with a familiar, empty feeling. I had little reason to celebrate, and deferred mentioning the occasion to Mustafa* at breakfast. I again scoured the Internet for any news...
by JE | th Aug | Blogs, Cultures, Europe, Photography and People, Street Photography
I had heard of a curious and festive event in Spain called La Tomatina a couple of years ago and thought it would be perfect to photograph. In 2008, through a series of fortuitous circumstances, I was able to make this journey. What is La Tomatina? Basically...
by JE | th Jun | Blogs, Photography and People, War and Peace
β a final spectacle in the waning days of hippydom β The national media was buzzing and the nectar that summer of 1972 was a double dose of news practically in my back yard: the Democratic and ReΒpublican conventions in Miami Beach. Everyone in Florida seemed either...
by JE | th Dec | Blogs, Latin America
βHe gonna win or not?β the Guatemalan bodyguard said to me in a confrontational growl and in a level of Spanish that seemed appropriate to the surrounding sleaziness of the cheap hotel. Another bodyguard brushed by me in the hallway, cleaning his well worn...