by blog-nelson | Feb 19, 2019 | Community, Enemies Project, Helping Others, Random thoughts
This winter, just after Christmas, I found out that my friend Rashid Dongola had passed away. I met Rashid in Kashmir when I was working on my Enemies Project in that mythical seeming land that lies on the border of India and Pakistan. Rashid was one of the many...
by blog-nelson | Mar 10, 2014 | Random thoughts
This past Saturday was International Women’s Day. I posted a handful of images to facebook, but I didn’t have time to post them here. Women have been an important part of this project – it has been easy to see that they play a vital role...
by blog-nelson | Jul 15, 2013 | Enemies Project, Random thoughts
Racism. Ugly word, but it is reality. I love the USA, and I also hate it at times. The USA is looking at racism again now as a jury in the Trayvon Martin case acquitted the man who killed him (if you don’t know this case just search for Trayvon...
by blog-nelson | Jun 14, 2012 | Enemies Project, Random thoughts
Reality is always more complex than you might imagine it to be. It just is, and you have to get used to it. Brilliant happiness and unfolding sad stories mingle in the same lives and communities like competing ingredients in a recipe, and this bizarre little town of...
by blog-nelson | Jan 2, 2012 | Random thoughts
Ten photos for the whole year? What was I thinking?? This is the second of two posts about 2011. The first part that covers Jan-June is here: “What was I thinking?”. If you just want to see the pics, scroll down. But here’s what I...
by blog-nelson | Dec 23, 2011 | Art Science and Creativity, Featured, Random thoughts
Here is a quick look back on a few of my favorite images, thoughts and experiences from 2011. This is part 1 from before I went to Africa. I wasn’t doing much photography in the spring, and this post doesn’t include the many, many personal...
