Pasteur wrote that “Chance favors the prepared mind.” But it seems that Chance sometimes takes pity on people who would be prepared if they weren’t just so damned tired. I’m […]

35,000 feet over South India, Alanis Morissette on the headphones as a painted sunset fades over the Arabian sea, and I’ve finally got a moment to breathe and reflect. I […]

Some statistics: Over 50% of Mumbai’s population lives in a slum. At over 7 million people, that’s larger than the entire population of most states in the US. We’ve spent […]

Waaay behind on my bloggage, so just a few words, and a pile of pictures of our ramble through some of Mumbai’s markets. Started out in Crawford market – spices, […]

One of my favorite quotations about journalistic photography goes along, naturally, with a picture. The setting of both was the 1995 reenactment of van Ryneveld and Brand’s London-to-Capetown in a […]

What a strange place for a person to be. Especially someone like myself! But here I am, along with Devon, eastbound in a major way. Twelve hours into the 15-hour […]

We’re sitting here in the Newark airport, waiting to board Continental #48, nonstop to Mumbai. Where it’s something like 5:30 tomorrow morning already. Oh god, I am not ready for […]

If Thoreau was right, then I have plenty to fear. So far, preparation for this trip has netted me two pairs of new shoes, two pairs of dress pants, a […]

Got an odd call yesterday morning as I was getting the kids ready for school. “Mr. Cohn?” “Yes?” “Your driver is trying to find you.” (The suitably long pause of […]