by Cheryl Diaz Meyer | Nov 28, 2001 | Editorial Photography, News, Photography, Photojournalism, Reportage, War, War on Terror
Dear Family, Friends and Colleagues, I was staring at the noodles just inches from my face, studying their curves, enjoying the sight of overcooked carrots and the little bits of meat in the bowl. My back was stooped over my “spaghetti soup,” my head suspended,...
by Cheryl Diaz Meyer | Nov 20, 2001 | Editorial Photography, News, Photography, Photojournalism, War, War on Terror
It’s been some three days since we reached Taloqan. We have been visiting the front lines some 20 kilometers away everyday. News is that Kunduz is expected to fall any day now. It’s been a real challenge working as a woman in a war zone. I have been poked,...
by Cheryl Diaz Meyer | Nov 15, 2001 | Editorial Photography, News, Photography, Photojournalism, Reportage, War, War on Terror
Dear Family, Friends, and Colleagues, All hell’s broken loose in Afghanistan, and Tracey and I are sitting in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, watching the news develop from our hotel rooms. We didn’t even make it two weeks in Khoja Bahauddin, and our generator gave...
by Cheryl Diaz Meyer | Nov 2, 2001 | Editorial Photography, News, Photography, Photojournalism, Reportage, War, War on Terror
Dear Family, Friends and Colleagues, We arrived in Khoja Bahauddin, Afghanistan eight nights ago and it has gone by in a flash. The drive from Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan was in itself a story. We began the day at the Tajik Foreign Ministry building where...
by Cheryl Diaz Meyer | Oct 23, 2001 | Documentary Photography, Editorial Photography, News, News, Photography, Photojournalism, Reportage, War, War on Terror
Dear Family and Friends, Sunday morning I got to talking to a woman from ABC Australia during breakfast and she had just returned from Afghanistan. I picked her brain about what’s what over there and she said we needed all our provisions for the time we...
by Cheryl Diaz Meyer | Oct 16, 2001 | Documentary Photography, Editorial Photography, News, Photography, Photojournalism, Reportage, War, War on Terror
Emil Mustafin, 31, Nurridin Majjidov, 28, and Iskandir Abdurahmanov, 29, left to right, enjoy a few bottles of beer and entertain passersby with karaoke on a Sunday afternoon on Sailgokh Street in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Dear family and friends, I am currently in...