Editorial: Published and Personal Documentary Work

From 1993 to 2003 I lived in Russia and worked for many newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle and others. I am committed to the storytelling power of photojournalism and capturing in pictures our fast-changing world.

Caucasus Mountains, Russia. View of Mt. Elbrus, published in The Los Angeles Times travel sectionTbilisi, Georgia. With the aid of 200 U.S. military advisors, 4th Lt. David Pompalashuili trains special operations troops for anti-terrorist operations in the Pankisi Gorge where Chechen rebels are based. Los Angeles Times.Traders on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Stock Exchange using hand signals and yelling to trade commodities.An elderly man watches a wealthy Russian step into his Rolls Royce in downtown St. Petersburg, Russia.Actor Ralph Fiennes during the filming of 'Eugene Onegin' in St. Petersburg, Russia.A view of the Anichkov Bridge spanning the Fontanka River in downtown St. Petersburg, Russia.A ballerina backstage at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia.Andrei Kuzmin braving the icy waters of the Neva River in mid-January. Published in The St. Petersburg Times.Zugdidi, Georgia. Georgian guerillas passing around assault rifles near the Georgia/Abkhazia border. Published in The San Francisco Chronicle.Nikolsky Island, part of the Valaam monastery located on an island on Lake Ladoga in Northern Russia.An aerial view of the Valaam monastery, built on an island in Northern Russia.Valaam Monastery. Monks awaiting a helicopter carrying supplies from St. Petersburg for the remote island monastery.A monk from the remote island monastery Valaam aboard a helicopter bound for St. Petersburg.Monks walking in a procession around the monastery cathedrial during the religious holiday of Apostles Peter and Paul.Morning sunlight illuminates the face of this pilgrim near the end of an all-night Easter service at the monastery's cathedral.View of the closing ceremonies of the all-night Easter service at the Valaam monastery.Andrei and Alexei take a rowboat to the farm that provides food for the Valaam monastery. Both intend to become monks and await the blessing of the abbot.Father Seraphim has lived alone for over five years on Nikitsky Island, far from the main monastery. Pilgrims are allowed to visit him only on special holy days.Monks from the Valaam monastery gathering for the annual group portrait outside the cathedral.Monks from the Valaam monastery ringing the cathedral bell on Easter morning.The Valaam monastery, first built in the 14th century, was ravaged by the Swedes in 1611 and rebuilt in 1715 under orders of Tsar Peter I. After the fall of communism, the monastery was bequeathed back to the Orthodox Church in 1989. Here the main cathedral is re-painted.Father Boris walking over Lake Ladoga, frozen over during the winter months.Santa Cruz, California. Scott, a 19 year old heroin addict, shooting up in his apartment.Oksana Belayeva riding the metro to an all-night rave party. Part of a feature about Moscow nightlife for Maxim magazine.St. Petersburg, Russia. Anna Kuznetsova playing her accordian at the Baltisky train station to augment her monthly pension of 800 rubles (23 dollars) per month.Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, Russia. Ballet production Red Giselle by choreographer Boris Eifmann.Jefferson 'Scrappy' Haile showing off his gun collection at his 33rd birthday. Part of a series on guns in America.St. Petersburg, Russia A homeless boy climbing out of his underground hiding place. He and other homeless kids sleep on top of the hot water pipes under the street on the outskirts of the city. Almost all the kids are addicted to sniffing glue.Moscow, Russia. Kursky train station .Kiril Glagolov, 10, (center) inhaling glue inside the train station. He and the other kids are homeless and addicted to glue.A punk band playing at the TamTam club in St. Petersburg, Russia.Performers at the club Ministry from a feature about Moscow nightlife for Maxim magazine.Mariinsk, Russia. An inmate is tested for tuberculosis at the #33 Prison Colony where over 100,000 prisoners are treated by the French charity organization Medecins Sans Frontieres.A nurse from the #33 Mariinsk prison colony who was infected with tuberculosis working there with infected inmates.Actors dangling over the Neva river in St. Petersburg during the making of the Hungarian film A Tale of Two Thieves.January 30, 2010. Cyclist Kenny Burns wading across Austin Creek in Cazadero during the 'Grasshopper Adventure Series,' an informal bike race combining dirt and road racing.Gordon Moore, the co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Intel Corporation photographed at the Intel Museum in Santa Clara, California.
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