Khajuraho
Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India
Photographs of temples and erotic statuary from Khajuraho.
Archive for 2008
Index of blog posts from 2008
Tea with the sadhu
Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India
A tea break with the residents of a Hanuman shrine in Khajuraho.
Orchha
Orchha, Madhya Pradesh, India
Photographs of temples and palaces from Orchha.
Sacred cows
Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
India's roads have everything. Really everything. Including cows.
Indglish
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
English as she is spoke and written, Indian-style, is a little different from standard English.
Jaipur
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Photographs from Jaipur in Rajasthan.
Amber
Amber, Rajasthan, India
Amber Fort is wedding-cake pretty and comes with added monkeys.
Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
No matter how big your hand-wash, it's nothing compared to the daily load at the huge open-air laundry at Mahalaxmi.
Mumbai
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Photographs from Mumbai, Maharashtra state.
Mumbai rail
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
The suburban railway system in Mumbai may be the most complex and heavily loaded in the world.
Carol Jenkins (1945-2008)
Remembering anthropologist Carol Jenkins.
Pomelo
New York, NY, USA
The softest kitty in the world is no more.
Lunar Eclipse 2008
New York, USA
A photograph of the February 20th lunar eclipse, taken from New York.
Band rampage
New York, NY, USA
Selected photos of bands that played New York in the first quarter of 2008.
Study war no more
Coram, NY, USA
Internet startups blip.tv and Pando face off on the paintball field, and everyone gets covered in yellow paint.
Roller derby
New York, NY, USA
Photographs of a roller derby bout between the Manhattan Mayhem and the Queens of Pain.
Toy Tower
New York, NY, USA
The Toy Tower, a ramshackle wooden structure towering over Avenue B on Manhattan's Lower East Side, is due to be taken down.
Memorial Day parade
Niantic, CT, USA
Photographs of a Memorial Day parade in Niantic, Connecticut.
Midget
New York, NY, USA
New York can be strange, comical and sad, all at the same time.
Mermaid Parade 2008
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Something fishy is happening on the streets of Coney Island.
Olafur
New York, NY, USA
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has installed four giant waterfalls in New York.
Fourth of July 2008
New York, NY, USA
What I did on my Fourth of July holiday.
Disoriented relaunch
disoriented.net relaunches with a new look.
Precision brow planing
New York, NY, USA
What exactly is precision brow planing, and why would you want it?
Detained in Beijing
My friend Brian Conley from Alive in Baghdad has been detained by the Chinese authorities.
Detained in Beijing (continued)
My journalist friends have been given 10 days detention by the Chinese government.
Photowalk
New York, NY, USA
Some pictures from the NYC Chinatown photowalk, part of Scott Kelby's worldwide photowalk.
Notting Hill Carnival 2008
London, UK
Some photographs and observations from London's Notting Hill Carnival.
One fish, two fish ...
East Lyme, CT, USA
The bluefish are running, and the herrings are not doing well.
Betelnut girls
New York, NY, USA
Annamarie Ho's installation 'Betelnut Girls' has come to Manhattan.
Incident on the LES
New York, NY, USA
A shooting on the Lower East Side brings the police out in force.
Cross Bones graveyard
The Cross Bones graveyard in London was the burial ground for prostitutes working in the licensed brothels of Southwark.
Lost in translation
New York, NY, USA
It turns out that my neighbors don't do irony.
Vendy Awards 2008
New York, NY, USA
Street food vendors compete for the 'Best Street Food' title at the Vendy Awards.
What's in a name?
New York, NY, USA
A place where everyone knows your name ... but no one seems to know the bar's.
Halloween Parade 2008
New York, NY, USA
Photographs taken at the Halloween Parade in New York's West Village.
November again
New York, NY, USA
It's November again, and that means it's novel-writing time.
Democracy 2K8
New York, NY, USA
Democracy is coming to the USA; in bite-sized pieces, once every four years.
Mumbai terrorist attacks
The news from Mumbai is bad, and it may get worse.
Inflation - Thanksgiving 2008
New York, NY, USA
Name recognition reaches an all-time low among parents at the Macy's balloon inflation.
Vigil
New York, NY, USA
Sex worker groups hold a vigil at Judson Church calling for an end to violence against sex workers.