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Destination: Anderson Valley for the New York Times

Boonville, the biggest town in this small valley, has always been a place I wanted to visit. And fortunately I got to see much of Anderson Valley through this assignment. The intense drive up Hwy 128 is very much the same through Sonoma and Napa counties (minus the bicyclists); your eyes rarely leave the squiggly road. I fell in love with the redwood forest, the apple orchards, and an old roadhouse turned quaint hotel. I finally tasted the wheat beer at Anderson Valley Brewing Company and witnessed the convergence of redwoods and vineyards in one blink. Click here for the story and slideshow: Overnight in Anderson Valley, Calif. Below are my outtakes from the assignment.

SF Chronicle: wine country clip

healdsburg, ca - the lede image in the Wine Country section of the San Francisco Chronicle (not the bottom two).

aspiring photojournalist

I just donated to this young photojournalist's kickstarter page to help her afford an opportunity of a lifetime to come to NY and study at the International Center of Photographer. She is from Yemen, a country where education is hard to come by, and professional work by any women is rare. Please support her!! click on the link and watch her video. Pictures of Amira are by known photojournalists Michael Kamber (nyt), Stephanie Sinclair (vii agency), and freelancer Neal Jackson .

click on the image below to get to her kickstarter page.

 

this is for you miss chris

my long time friend is moving to amsterdam, and in the nature of her personality, she organized a party bus through our favorite city and ending at, of course, 80s night at 111 Minna, SF. here's a fun slideshow of our night, and this is by no means a journalistic endeaver but merely some snaps of my friends as we bid her farewell!