|   | | Baraka Photography |
| Dubai, United Arab Emirates
International fine arts photography. Taking a closer look at nature, people and architecture from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the United States.
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| | Study of a single palm tree at Salalah, Oman. |
| | Memories of China as an outsider trying to climb in. |
| | A walk on the sands of Oman and the United Arab Emirates. |
| | Silent edges in Istanbul. |
| | People as works in progress. |
| | "Excellent work."
The word Baraka in Arabic means “blessing.” Sufis use Baraka to mean “divine essence.” Baraka Photography provides meditative images to help people connect with a world much larger than ourselves. My travels have taken me through 40 countries - but not very quickly. I waited in a lot of hot and dusty lines, took many slow and crowded bus rides, felt confused and lonely for days on end. In these long hours, I learned to do the opposite of my inclination: When I'm bored, annoyed, worried, or tired, I just look...
| Beyond recognition
I guess you could harrumph about my photos and say, ‘Well, of course you can shoot beautiful pictures, you live in a friggin’ nature preserve.’ I could say in reply that many of my neighbors... | | Drive-by
Seems like you always see the prettiest flowers when you’re driving along at top speed, late for a meeting. The trick is to remember to go back to that place right away and shoot it. First it... | | Cambodian invasion
The Cambodians haunt me. I was there in 1995 and again in 2002, and now I see their faces everywhere - in my office, my house, my yard I took their photographs because I could not answer their... |
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