About the Location:  Lebanon, and specifically Beirut, has had a tough half-century, and this past year has seen a series of calamities from civil unrest to political change to a financial crisis to massive unemployment and now to this. Of all the places I’ve visited around the world, Beirut is high on the list of favorites – the people, the food, and the history are all unforgettable. Continue reading “Be Different” →

About the Location:  Jerusalem has quickly escalated to one of my favorite cities in the world to both visit and photograph. Everywhere you turn, there is something ancient, something mysterious, something powerful, something mystical.  Continue reading “The Way” →

About the Location: I immediately felt welcomed into Deir es-Sultan, the Ethiopian monastery located on the roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. A handful of monks from the Church of Ethiopia live among the ruins of a medieval cloister erected by the Crusaders. Continue reading “Peace Be With You” →