Displaced from Borei Keila
My name Ousa. People here difficult. We want organization help. Need small clinic. No toilet here. Help people. I had only given Ousa my notebook to write down his name, but these are the words he left me with. I met him at Oudong last week, at a site where more than 200 people...
Photo Exhibition @ The 1961 Gallery
In a few weeks The 1961 gallery in Siem Reap, Cambodia will officially launch an exhibition of photographs taken during my time in Sudan. A description of the work is below with official details to follow soon! Big thanks to everyone who made this possible! In 2010, I traveled to South Sudan to help local...
Legacies of War: Landmines in Cambodia
During nearly three decades of conflict, an estimated 4 to 6 million landmines were laid in Cambodia since 1970. War has ended, but its remnants are hidden underground, lurking in soil that is desperately needed for development. Landmines, cluster munitions, air-dropped bombs and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) pose a violent threat to rural Cambodians, killing...
Banlung, Ratanakiri Province
A 12-hour bus ride Northeast of Phnom Penh and I am in Banlung, Ratanakiri Province, where a dusty village road leads to Kah Chhang waterfall.
Amidst the Flood
Scenes amidst the destruction caused by what has been described as Cambodia’s worst flooding in decades. Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, and the Philippines have also been badly hit.
Road to Udong
A few photos taken on a motorbike drive out of the city toward Udong, the ancient capital of Cambodia before it became Phnom Penh.
Pchum Ben Festival, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
I set out early this morning with a group of my coworkers who had invited me to take part in Pchum Ben, a 15-day religious festival in which Cambodians pay respect to their deceased relatives. Crouched barefoot in the corner of a colorful pagoda on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, small groups gathered to place...
Postcard from Sudan: Rebirth of a nation
By Heather Stilwell In many ways, this tiny classroom was just like any other: rows of young students looking up at their teacher, the day’s lesson displayed on the dusty chalkboard overhead. But this day was not about grammar or arithmetic. It was about the long fight for freedom. In South Sudan, it is rarely...
Independence Day
Happy Independence Day to the world’s newest country, the Republic of South Sudan. To show a bit of the area, below is a short collection of video clips I took throughout South Sudan and in parts near the North-South border. You might wonder why I seem completely unable to hold a camera straight, but much...
The Royal Media
Leading up to Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Canadian tour, the CBC News website posted an article under the headline, “Royal visit a tough assignment for world media.” I tried to ignore it. I had vowed to stop reading about the Royals ever since choking down a piece in the Globe and Mail which described...
Understanding Conflict
Leading up to Sudan’s referendum in January, I traveled back to the Kauda radio station in the Nuba Mountains to help lead a workshop on reporting in times of conflict. Over three days of dissecting the local context and history with journalists, we discussed ways they could report to promote peace. But as much as...
