Taking Peace on the Road

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Each trip gets a little bigger than the last. Thankfully, I am traveling a week behind the blizzard that hit Boston and New York. I suspect by the time I get there, things will be pretty well cleaned up and back to normal.

20 years as a travel photographer have seasoned me for this 12-day, 6-city, 3,500-mile road trip, and this time I will be joined by my friend and video producer Wade Barry to help shoot some footage from the road.

I will speak at the Dayton International Peace Museum in Ohio, Arlington Street Church in Boston, and NYU in NYC. I will install the exhibit at NYU, attend the opening reception, and meet with students. We will do eight new interviews in three different states.

In 2011, A Peace of My Mind won support from 92 backers to produce a book from the series with a foreword written by Ela Gandhi, granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi. The initial press run of 1,150 books sold out within two months and a second printing was made in January of 2012. The book has earned a gold medal in the Midwest Book Awards and a silver medal from the Independent Publishers Association.

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