Roads and Kingdoms has just published some of my photos and writing about Chongqing's famously hot streetfood in a feature called There Will Be Spice. It's the first time I've really had my writing published, and the photo edit is a bit different from what Foreign Policy and China File published from the work.

I'm especially excited about this one for a few reasons: it's one of my favorite websites for original journalism; the Society of American Travel Writers calls it America's Best Travel Journalism Site; and my pictures led the site on the first business day after the announcement of food and travel extraordinaire Anthony Bourdain's investment in the site.

Thanks especially to Pauline at R&K for her interest and effort in producing the piece.

As I'd announced previously, I won first place in the portrait category of the 2014 Boston Press Photographers Association photo contest. I couldn't make it to the awards dinner, unfortunately, but the video played at the dinner featuring interviews with the award winners is available on youtube now. My short portion starts at 12:52, and I talk a little about the story behind the picture and what went into taking it. I've embedded the video here, at left, to start at the correct place to see my contribution.

Thanks again to the judges and to the BPPA.

I'm always excited when old work gets new life in a new publication. In this case, a photograph of Christopher Soghoian from a 2012 shoot for MIT Technology Review was used in the April 2015 issue of IEEE Spectrum magazine. The 400,000 circulation magazine is sent to members of the engineering organization, but the article is available to read online.

Thanks to Randi at IEEE for getting in touch and for the great play for the picture.

After ChinaFile published my essay on Chongqing's Streetfood last week, I was happy to get an email from David at Foreign Policy's Tea Leaf Nation site. He was interested in publishing the pictures, not least because he'd lived in Chongqing for a while and missed the food. You can see the feature here, Eat It and Weep: China's Mouth-Blistering Street Eats. It's a shorter selection than ChinaFile published, but there are a few different images. As you can see in the screenshot at left, the piece was also featured at the top of ForeignPolicy.com yesterday.

Thanks again to both Davids, at ChinaFile and at Tea Leaf Nation, for publishing this work.

The Asia Society's ChinaFile site just published a story I shot in Chongqing last August on the city's streetfood. It was a great assignment, but a tough one, though not for the usual reasons. I was moving so fast from spot to spot that night that I didn't get to try any of the food. It was tough to see so much good food and not get to taste it.

Two of my images (at right) received awards in the 2014 Boston Press Photographers Association contest. The photo of Fatumah Mohamed, a refugee in Utica, New York, won 1st place in the Portrait/Personality category. I took the picture for a piece on the resettlement of refugees from around the world in Utica for Danish newspaper Dagbladet Information.

The second photo, of a horse in a field outside Belgrade, Montana, was taken on one of my periodic trips back to my home state, where I've been photographing aspects of daily life across the state over the years. It received 2nd place in the Animal category of the contest.

Last year, I received an honorable mention in the Pictorial category of the BPPA contest.

As always, congratulations to the other winners and thanks to the judges and BPPA volunteers.