Carlton Smith, an HIV survivor, is a gay rights advocate in Baltimore, Maryland who spends much of his time developing a tight-knit community of friends and organizers. One of those local friends is Carlton's caregiver, and based on Maryland law, that person can make life decisions for Carlton - the program is called Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (CARE) Act. To learn more about Carlton and the CARE Act, read the story here.
Carlton Smith (front) poses for a portrait with Monte Ephraim at Druid Hill Park in Baltimore, Maryland during a National Faith HIV & AIDS Awareness Day Walk.
Between 2010 and 2015, Andreas Georgiou was Greece's top statistician. During his tenure, Mr. Georgiou declared that Greece had falsified its figures to get more bailout money. He became public enemy #1 after speaking out and eventually was convicted for "breach of duty." I photographed Mr. Georgiou for DIE ZEIT; the story is here.
For the past four summers, I have led photography workshops with National Geographic Student Expeditions. This July, I worked with 41 high school students from around the world in San Francisco and Yosemite National Park over a 12-day period. Throughout the journey, we had amazing excursions to witness the landscape, understand the culture and meet the locals. We had classroom time where students learned the editing process, and at the end of the expedition, their work was exhibited in a prominent city gallery. The expedition was a wonderful chance to see the students grow -- not only as photographers, but also as young adults. Here are a few images that I made along the way.
At dusk, two students photograph at The Golden Gate Bridge Vista Point.
A double exposure - the INYO National Forest along Parker Lake Trail and flowers saved in a notebook.
A portrait of photographer Morgan Levy at Tioga Lake.
A young nature lover plays on the bank of Mono Lake at sunset.
A portrait of Erika Larsen, a National Geographic Photographer, at Mono Lake.
Chan the Bird Man flies his scarlet macaws in San Francisco's Mission Dolores Park.
Photographers climb Pothole Dome, located on the west side of Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park.
Two people swing under a tree above San Francisco at Bernal Heights.
Environmental and active portraits of Wayne Clark, a resident of Maryland who moved here specifically for the area's bike trails. At age 66, Wayne bikes about 5,000 miles each year. A story profile of Wayne for AARP is here (link).
Periodically throughout the year, I teach photography aboard the Lindblad and National Geographic Expeditions vessels. This summer, I had the privilege of leading two groups on Lord of the Glens as we explored Scotland's Caledonian Canal and Inner Hebrides. A few images from the voyage are below.
On our first day aboard Lord of the Glens, a bagpiper greeted us with amazing song. Here is a double exposure image of the bagpiper and her traditional tartan.
A young Highland dancer waits for her chance to perform for guests aboard Lord of the Glens.
Several guests hike along a foot path on Dun I, a small hill overlooking the abbey on the island of Iona.
Big skies hang over Inverie where our ship, Lord of the Glens, docked for an overnight stay. At this location, we could visit the Old Forge Inn, Britian's most remote pub.
Guests gather on the bow of the ship to watch it ascend Neptune's Staircase, a sequence of eight locks along the Caledonian Canal.
