I often find interesting links on photojournalismlinks.com and this one struck a chord in me as I am sure it does with any photojournalist – photographers talking about food they have had in the field.
I have definitely had my share of interesting foods while photographing but one time in Africa the family asked me to cook for them. I had been photographing this family for a couple of days and they asked me to join them for dinner one night not knowing I would be the cook.
After remembering this, I went back to my photos from that time and found these that one of their children had taken of me cooking their traditional dishes.
I recently posted images from my time in Zambia on my website. Check them out here.
I recently watched MediaStorm’s Bloodline. There is something about AIDS and HIV that just pulls at my heart strings. I sat there in a ballroom watching this 12 minute piece holding back the tears (well trying unsuccessfully to hold back the tears).
There is something about the disease that creates a concern and compassion I have found that consumes me. I have become so interested in creating a body of work to educate people in America that this disease still exists in our country — you don’t have to cross the borders to find people dying of the horrible disease. While I was captivated by the Bloodline piece, I acknowledge the fact that there is a lot of coverage of HIV and AIDS in Africa and now India and Russia. But there is not enough coverage of HIV and AIDS in the states. I hope to change that. I hope to give a voice to those in America that are living and dying with HIV and AIDS in this country, the country that thinks it now only happens in Africa.


Tim Gruber and Jenn Ackerman use both photography and video to tell stories for editorial and commercial clients.
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