Bearings readers are in for a special treat. The following is the first day in five. When I was 23 and about to quit my first job after college, I decided to leave it all behind – if just for a few weeks. The ultimate destination was Batopilas, Mexico, a small village that sits deep […]

Some of you may know the story of Kevin Carter, a young and promising photojournalist who brought us the hunger of Sudan in full force. And when one really thinks about it — when one looks deeply into the lives of the photographers who make a living off the worst facets of human history — […]

On the long road trips I took as a kid, my Father had this habit of pointing out the window at any dilapidated old barn we passed, saying, “Now that’s the house I’m going to buy for you when you’re all grown up.”
These days, I live in a city apartment, and I’m just waiting for […]