Families affected by conflict gather in Ayacucho, Peru at ANFASEP (Asociación Nacional de Familares de Secuestrados, Detenidos y Desaparecidos del Perú), which is an organization that provides support for Peruvians that have family members who have disappeared or have been kidnapped, detained, or killed.
Below: Children prepare to perform during Christmas celebrations in Ayacucho, Peru.
Below: Papá Noel, aka Santa Claus, visits with children in Ayacucho, Peru. Santa just isn’t Santa unless he has a llama skin vest.
Today in Ayacucho, Peru I met Edgar, who has an incredible story. During the era of political violence in the 80’s and 90’s Edgar was accused of being a terrorist by the Peruvian military and was imprisoned for ten years. He was tortured. His mother did not know where he was, or if he was going to return. Many others were not as lucky as his mother, Ilda Marina, who did see her son return. But Edgar was in bad shape upon release. Not only did he endure a horrible ten years, but he was also later diagnosed with schizophrenia. He is now doing much better, thanks largely due to support from the Mental Health Commission of Ayacucho. Below are images of Edgar and his mother. Stay tuned for more images from this story.
A bride arrives at her wedding, escorted by her father in La Plaza de Armas, Lima, Peru. Everywhere you go in Lima you will see love – couples at romantic lookouts, kissing on park benches, or even getting married at hundred-year-old churches.
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Photo: Miraflores district, Lima, Peru.
Here are a few aerial pictures of fields in Amarillo, Texas made en route on a flight to Lima, Peru. I will be posting more images periodically from Peru for the next few weeks, so come back to the blog soon.
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This protestor was struck by a hit-and-run driver while riding his bike. The car drove into a crowd of protestors and then fled the scene. The man declined medical attention and seemed to be OK.
Protestors talk with Jeff Wheeler, a truck driver who was temporarily blocked by the protestors’ barricade. “I can barely make a living doing what I do,” he said, saying that he makes $29,000 per year.
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Seattle, WA, U.S. — Friday, December 9, 2012 — Occupy Seattle demonstrators clean and break down their encampment at Seattle Central Community College as they prepare to leave upon eviction orders from the college. A 72-hour eviction notice was delivered on Tuesday and by Friday, demonstrators were preparing to vacate without much resistance.
It’s hard to tell what was really my first roll of film but it looks like we uncovered the earliest roll that I know of so far, which I shot in 1992 with my parents’ camera. Not quite sure what kind of camera it was. 1992 would be about 2nd grade for me.
We are going through a lot of old boxes right now as my mom and step dad begin to get ready to downsize to a smaller house. I believe these are all images from our home in Redmond, near Seattle. Photographers learn and change a lot throughout their lives but do you think I had a little natural talent back then?? Maybe … maybe not … !
Toy snake.
My sister.
Our cat.
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Below: ‘Occupy Seattle’ protestors are pictured at a warehouse they took over in Seattle, Washington on Friday, December 2, 2012. Approximately 75 protestors entered the warehouse and barricaded most entrances, just hours after a judge ruled that Seattle Central Community College may evict the group’s encampment, which had moved to the college a month ago after leaving Westlake Park in downtown Seattle. The warehouse is three blocks from the college.
