Why I started to sell articles to kids’ magazines

Though National Geographic once published a number of my stories, I couldn’t depend on it exclusively for a living. Besides, my interests stretched beyond what National Geographic publishes. And, to live happily, you can’t base what you do only on what one publication...

3 Tips on How to Create Your Own Coffee Table Book

I’m the sole photographer of 17 photo books, a few of which I wrote. My favorite is Wind, Sand and Silence: Travels with Africa’s Last Nomads, published in 1992 by Chronicle Books. It’s a revised and expanded compilation of five illustrated articles I did many years...

High-Risk Photography Tips: Shoot First, Think Later

In 1971, I spent seven months traveling around Latin America, from Mexico to Argentina and Brazil. At some point, pressed among a crowd of Indians at the back of a dilapidated bus, my itinerary was taking me from Ayacucho to Cuzco, in the Peruvian Andes, an endless...

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