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El Porvenir :: Day I & II

Posted by Forest, 03 August 2011

In early March, my younger brother Canyon and I detached ourselves (somewhat reluctantly) from the revelry of carnival and our new friends in Rio and headed north into Central America.

Attempting to fly out of Sao Paulo, we were kept from boarding the plane by an agent who said we couldn't leave without yellow fever vacinations. Nine hours and a couple wasted plane tickets later we found ourselves airborne and heading towards Nicaragua, where we planned to spend the next couple of weeks volunteering with El Por Venir, an organization working to bring clean water and...

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Rio de Janeiro :: The Other Side of Carnival

Posted by Forest, 23 March 2011

"For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."

While all the revelry of Carnival certainly didn't create a negative reaction of equal proportions, it did throw the daily lives of the homeless into stark contrast with the joyously carefree world surrounding them.

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  • Farm Labor :: A day in the life, Immokalee FL

    Posted by Forest, 16 January 2012

    Enter Collier county, Florida. A classic tale of two towns. On the one hand you have Naples, the nation’s second-wealthiest metropolitan area. On the other, Immokalee, dubbed by Barry Estabrook (...

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    Posted by Forest, 03 April 2012

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  • iPhoneography :: Back to the Future

    Posted by Forest, 20 July 2012 
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as I held my mothers hand,

and ran towards the past.

In the shade of a palm tree,

I parked my wheelchair,

closed my eyes,

and kept...
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  • Photo Industry :: Breaking In and Giving Forward

    Posted by Forest, 09 September 2012

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