The north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh lies at the foothills of the Himalayas. Manali, a tourist town in the Kullu Valley is the set-off point for trekkers, spiritual seekers, and hedonists drawn by the promise of cheap high quality marijuana in an idyllic setting. Many never leave.

Despite this influx of foreigners, it is Indians [...]

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My view is filled with green, green as far as I can see: dark green, vibrant green, tired looking green but all green with the occasional splash of muddy brown. I’m in a helicopter flying over the rainforests of the Gulf and Western Provinces, Papua New [...]

It all began in November 2005 when I read an article concerning rising sea levels and their effect on the low level, one metre high, coastline of the islands that make up the Carteret Atoll in the South Pacific. It sounded newsworthy, topical and tropical. Even though I knew little of how to get there [...]

 
The monsoon rain finally arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal this week, on June 25. Some people cheered and laughed in the rain, before running for cover or bringing out their umbrellas. Over the next 4 month, 80-90% of the years “water supply” will arrive from the sky, since rainfall is the only source of water in [...]

While phrases such as ‘holocaust’, ‘a tidal wave of fire’ or ‘being at the center of a perfect fire-storm’ were bandied around in the small groups of traumatised residents clustered in what remained of their friends and neighbours houses after Australias most devastating bushfires, almost nothing could adequately describe the complete anihilation of the village [...]

Images in this series are examining the growing demands on, and changes in, the world’s production of food. These images are segments that I have photographed in 2008 and are all part a long term series for The New York Times.