I woke up yesterday with news from Mr. Josh Meltzer that my pictures were published in the New York Times Blog as a part of the article, When Interest Creates a Conflict By James Estrin

The pictures were from the photography story 90 Days, a story about Burmese refugees resettling in Kentucky, which I photographed for the International Center of Bowling Green.

The article in the Times talked about the ethical conflicts that may arise when journalists and NGOs work together. How do you maintain the balance between objective journalist and being an employee of an NGO? The article also featured work from other documentary photographers like Josh Meltzer, Stanley Green, Khaled Hasan, Dmitry Markov, Anastasia Rudenko.

My images where included into this article thanks to the awesome organization Photo Philanthropy who works to connect NGOs and documentary photographers. Their mission? To address critical social and environmental issues by providing non-profits and photographers with the resources to work together to create images that drive social change around the world.

A sweet Tuesday morning surprise! :)