Yet Again

It seems like every six months or so the Islamic Republic suffers a major air travel tragedy, today a military plane carrying elite members of the Revolutionary Guards crashed killing 36 people. Russian designed Antonov 74 crashed immediately right after takeoff at Mehrabad Airport. This is the 3rd military jet crash in Iran in less than 2 years.

Antonov 74

photos of the crash: Houman Khanipour

IMAGE_001

After all these years of mobile phone camera technology, I finally have a phone that takes pictures among other things. First photo was recorded as IMAGE_001.

Black Friday

For the 2nd year in a row, I covered Rev. Billy and his Church of Stop Shopping on the day after Thanksgiving, which is known as Black Friday by retailers. He is not a religious person. He uses his act (Rev Billy) to bring people's attention to labor, environmental and other issues.
On this day he walked through SoHo and exercised the demons out of the cash register inside the Victoria's Secret shop! Victoria's Secret company prints millions and millions of catalogs using non-recycled paper from trees cut in virgin forests in Canada.

Commander in Chief

Not bad for a cowboy!

Photo: Barbara Walton/EPA
President George W. Bush walks into position for the customary group photo of the 21 world leaders dressed in traditional Ao Dai Vietnamese costume in Hanoi, Vietnam at the close of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

Nathan's

Nathan's is a Coney Island icon, even in the rain in autumn.

Commander in Chief

That looks like JLo? On the left behind what's his name's portrait?

photo: Barbara Walton/epa

Adam, Eve and Me

I file this under "I really do not get art installation". I actully had to cover this for a client. The artist, Marco Perego, had one of his creations (a giant iPod) placed in front of the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue with extras, and people in monkey masks, the works...(called Adam, Eve and Me) till the cops showed up and made him remove everything.

Police State

Working in New York City, I always get a few assignments every now and then to cover police and fire emergencies.

Veterans Day

Portraits of American veterans, past, current and future.

Trip to New Haven, CT

Today I went to New Haven, CT to make a presentation on drug use and HIV/AIDS in Iran. These pictures of the train station, in New Haven.

Just Foreign Policy National Tour

Just Foreign Policy is featuring some of my work from Iran in their national tour. Check out the link here for their site.

Iran 2005

Rumsfeld

Rumsfeld finally steps down. One down more to go...

Photo: Chip Somodevilla/UPI

Elections 2006

So I voted for one of the winners!

Perpignan 2006

Some images from my trip to Perpignan, France...these are in Spain!

Gothic district in Barcelona

On Iberia approaching Madrid

2006 New York City Marathon

37,000 runners, 26.2 miles, 3 major bridges, 5 boroughs, a major challenge, one big city.

Commander in Chief

Here is YOUR Commander in Chief campaigning for the GOP for 2006 mid-term elections.