I recently photographed Zaarly.com CEO Bo Fishback as he held meetings with colleagues and potential investors during the run-up to the May 10th launch of Zaarly.com. The website and product have already generated a huge amount of buzz and venture capital, but, in talking with Bo, his schedule wouldn't stop until well after the product launch. A picture from the shoot was featured at the top of the WSJ.com front page (seen above) and in the April 19, 2011, print edition of the Wall Street Journal. Outtakes from the shoot are available in the Recent Work section of my website: Outtakes: In Silicon Valley, Investors Are Jockeying Like It's 1999 - Wall Street Journal, 19 April 2011 You can read the story in the Wall Street Journal here: In Silicon Valley, Investors Are Jockeying Like It's 1999.

Late Thursday night I got a call from an editor at the Wall Street Journal asking if I was available early Friday morning for a shoot, details would be forthcoming. I was to go to MIT's Media Lab and photograph the research of Dr. Alex "Sandy" Pentland, whose research models human behavior through the use of cell phones, and get some portraits. Just about everything that could go wrong with a shoot did. It was short notice, the subject wasn't available until close to the deadline of the shoot, time with the subject was short, the subject's research is all on computers, and the lab was nearly empty. In spite of all that, Dr. Pentland was very gracious with his time and willing to show me a few locations around the building that he thought would be a good place for a portrait. And it was great to work with a new photo editor. The story is available online: The Really Smart Phone. You can see a few more pictures from the shoot at over in the recent work section: Outtakes: The Really Smart Phone

A year ago, I got a strange email inquiry asking if I would be available for a shoot in the spring. Everything was very hush-hush; the advertising agency wouldn't say the client, the date, the subject, or the location. But the deal was good and it seemed like a good opportunity to branch out my business. As the time approached, I learned I'd be photographing a factory in Ulsan, South Korea, as part of a book, website, and advertising project celebrating the 125-year history of the global Bosch corporation. 125 photographers were to take picture at the exact same second, 0600 CET on May 20, 2010, as a way of capturing the global reach of Bosch and its many and varied projects. The lot I drew was to photograph activity at a joint operation factory operated by Samsung and Bosch where rechargeable car batteries were being manufactured. I traveled to the site twice, once in April a month before the shoot to scout the location and operations, and again in May for the final shoot. The scouting shoot was a long process, exploring the winding corridors of a major manufacturing plant. I don't know what it'd be like to wander around Willy Wonka's factories, but whenever I'm in a large operation such as this, I feel like I get a taste. The final shoot was the shortest shoot of my life. I got to the factory early and drank tea and watched a clock, counting down the appropriate second. Then a single shot, a few minutes gathering model releases, and I was done. Whew. Now, the campaign's website has been released and you can see the work from all 125 contributing photographers. Many friends and acquaintances were also involved in the project, too! Thanks to Katja and the rest of the crew at Dorten and also to Kyuwon and others at Bosch and Samsung.

Two pictures from my story about Ha Wenjin's no-kill animal shelter in Nanjing, China, were published on Globo Rural's Planeta Bicho website. This was my first publication in Brazil, and a welcome breath of fresh life to old pictures. Thanks to Alexandre for contacting me and also for paying the invoice in record time.

I was excited to learn that one of my photos (part of my China Punk series) was featured in issue #1 (January 2011) of F8 magazine as part of a feature on 52Selects.com. You can see the whole issue of the magazine--it's beautiful!--at issuu or on the F8 website. Expect more news about my new partnership with 52Selects in the coming weeks, too.

My photo of a public service environmental ad campaign in Shaoxing, China, recently included in the Magnum Foundation and Green World Campaign's "Giving Trees" exhibition at 25CPW in New York City, was shown on Photo District News' Photo of the Day site on Dec. 3, 2010. The post served as an announcement for the show and also featured the work of Ruben Reyes, Keryn Huang, and Benjamin Dimmitt.

My photo of a dog butcher in Yangshuo, China, was featured as part of a discussion on eating dog meat in China on Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish blog for the Atlantic. Thanks to Chris, Katie, and the rest of the crew behind the scenes at the Atlantic. Long a favorite magazine--I've subscribed on and off (off when I'm out of the country) since high school--I'm glad to know there's such a great team behind the magazine.

I'm honored to be featured in the latest issue of 100Eyes magazine, China: The Past is a Foreign Country. Curator Andy Levin contacted me a few weeks ago looking for stories for the issue, and I thought China Everbright would be a perfect fit. This issue of the magazine is big, and it's been getting a great reception so far. I was very excited to see my image on the cover! Above, you'll find a few of the images included from my essay in the issue. Also included in the issue is excellent work by the following friends and colleagues: James Whitlow Delano, Markel Redondo, Katharina Hesse, Ryan Pyle, Xiqi Yuang, Wayne Liu, Carolyn Drake, Rian Dundon, Tim Franco, Eric Guo, Christian Als and Holly Wilmeth.

My thanks go out to Darcy at the New York Times National picture desk for calling me a few weeks ago to cover an interesting story brewing in Helena, Montana, on the subject of changes to the school district's curriculum guidelines regarding sexual education, anti-bully measures, and issues relating to homosexuality. You can see the story on the New York Times website. The shoot was challenging for a number of reasons: the main action of the story had happened a month before the shoot, many players in the story were unwilling to be photographed or go on record, many were unwilling to meet anywhere but a bagel shop (one subject wouldn't let a New York Times reporter in their house), school was out of session on the scheduled day of the shoot, the superintendent, who was the driving force behind the curriculum, was unavailable for pictures. Nevertheless, I feel the shoot was successful. I've also posted a few of the outtakes in the recent work section of this website.

My story, Remember Old Kashgar, about the destruction of the Old City section of Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, China, was recently featured on Gaia Photos.