Vietnam is thrusting itself into the 21st Century faster than any other country I have been to.  Of course it was pretty much starting from 25 years of post-war restructuring and global sanctions.  So the changes in the past 10 years have seemed fairly drastic.  This is a new era in Vietnam and Saigon has [...]

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I was recently sent up north to the city of Da Nang to photograph a clean water program for the NGO East Meets West Foundation.

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Three white male photographers on three motorbikes driving through the countryside is always good for a few laughs.  We coined ourselves the ‘79 Club as we discovered we were all born in the same year.  We met early in the morning for a bowl of Pho and then set out on the planned, two-day journey [...]

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Happy Lunar New Year!  Spent part of the day down in Chinatown photographing some of the day’s festivities.

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I was recently interviewed by Photo District News about working with NGOs and turning them into paying clients.  The full story can be read on the PDN web site here:  http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/esearch/e3ifcfd4b7c2c59dd1c0e4c7412eacce9db

The full interview by David Walker is below:
PDN: First, though, when did you leave the Sac Bee, and how long have you been based in [...]

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In four days most of the Western world will be sharing personal moments with loved ones in celebration of Valentines Day.  But in countries who recognize the lunar calendar, February 14 marks the most important day of the year.

The Vietnamese New Year, or Tet, is a magical holiday.  The city defaults to a more organized [...]

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From the Archive is a regular column that features one image from our archive and appears every Thursday. LUCEO Images has a thorough group archive (keyword search bar, top right) and it can be found here.

This week we are featuring a beautiful photo from Kevin German, who is based in Southeast Asia. The story behind [...]

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Anh Vinh broke down the door of Ong Nuoi’s bedroom last week after Ong Nuoi had locked himself inside.  The family had not seen Ong Nuoi for a few days and his dogs were howling from inside the room.  When Anh Vinh broke through, he saw Ong Nuoi laying face down on the floor barely [...]

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In my previous life, I was a newspaper photographer.  I remember my first full-time job in Springfield, Illinois.  We would have to constantly troll the city to make random photographs to fill the holes in the paper.  This of course was during a time where space wasn’t as limited as it is in today’s hurting [...]

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Ong Nuoi passed away last night.  He was 72.  He had locked himself in his room after being sick for several days so that he would not inconvenience any one.  I only met him once but he will be deeply missed.
Below is the post from the first time I met Ong Nuoi almost one year [...]

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