photography page


Here are some galleries of recent photographic works. Click on any thumbnail image to get to the corresponding galleries or slide shows. Some galleries and slide shows may not be available. This is copyrighted material. All rights reserved. Contact me for permission to use an image or to purchase a print. If the photgraphs interest you, so might the Bamboo Turtle Blog.
	Nigeria Senegal 2003: Photos from a trip to Nigeria to attend the Sullivan Summit in Abuja. The Nigeria photos were taken in a small farming village just outside of Abuja. The Senegal photos were taken on the occasion of the dedication of a new Museum of the African Diaspora located in Dakar and at the House of Slaves on Goree Island.
	Dikunani Dam, Savelugu, Ghana 2007: A series of photos taken in Northern Ghana during a particularly dry season. The little water remaining at Dikunani Dam is not only scarce, it is dangerous because it harbors the troublesome Guinea Worm parasite. This series expores the grinding daily ritual/struggle to fetch water.
	Guinea Worm, Ghana: An audio slideshow documenting the struggle to wipe out the Guinea Worm parasite from one of the few places in the world where it can still be found.
	Liberia Slide Shows: A collection of slide shows created for AllAfrica.Com, a DC based news agency. The images and sounds were captured during a visit to Liberia in late 2007.
	Gathering in the Stories: A permanent installation at the Duke University Medical Center. It is a collection of stories and photographs reflecting the impact of Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement on the lives of a variety of people who work there. Please visit the official website for the installation. There is also a WRAL video piece covering the opening of the exhibit.The installation is a collaboration between me and artist/photographer Leah Sobsey.
	Gourd Wars: A slide show about my gourd mold project. It is a collection of close-up explorations of the beautiful patterns made by molds growing on the surfaces of drying gourds. This is an ongoing project and ranks among my favorite recent endeavors. It is another of those places where science and art live together.
	Nature Photographs: This is a set of miscellaneous nature and animal photographs. Some like the cormorant were taken in the wild. Others like the turtles were taken in captive situations. A couple of them (the bee and wasp) are dead. All of them have connected stories, some of which are told in the Bamboo Turtle Blog.
	Rock Nest Monster Eggs: A collection of images from an exhibit at the National Cryptozoologic Museum in Raleigh, NC (aka Glance Gallery). They are used to illustrate the natural history of this apocryphal monster of my creation.
	Barack Obama in Raleigh. NC 2008: This was the occasion of the kickoff of his two-week economic policy tour.