WHETHER I’M WORKING IN NORTH KOREA, IRAN, IRAQ, OR OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHT, MY FOCUS TENDS TO BE THE SAME: PEOPLE GOING ABOUT THEIR DAILY LIVES AS BEST THEY CAN. YET, AT THE SAME TIME, I USE MY CAMERA TO PHOTOGRAPH ANIMALS THAT FACE HUMANCAUSED ISSUES, SUCH AS PALM OIL PLANTATION INCURSIONS INTO THE FORESTS OF BORNEO AND MOVING ORANGUTANS TO THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION IN THE WILD.
Animals becoming the victims of human conflict is also nothing new. Photos of dead horses strewn across countless 19th-century and early 20th-century battlefields can attest to this sad reality.
In Ukraine, there’s been a migration from east to west, not only