The Dakar Rally is the Tour de France of motorsports. Teams of cars, trucks, motorcycles, and quads race off-road in the most desolate of environments 10,000 kilometers in 16 days across South America and back. The passion of the competitors is only matched by the emotion of its fans...here are their stories in pictures.

Without question the ultimate road race...134 miles...125+ degrees...non-stop under sixty hours through Death Valley. Starting at Badwater (a dry salt lake bed 280 ft. below sea level), and ending at the Mt. Whitney portal at 8,300 ft.

This photo essay explores the cultural, economic, and ecological tragedy that has become the Salton Sea. Created by a levee disaster, the former salt mine is the largest "accidental" inland saline lake in North America. Over the years, the 1950's thriving recreational and vacation destination has been decimated by repeated natural, and man-made calamities. From the penitent portrait of local folk icon Leonard Knight to the "Ghost Trees" of the Sonny Bono Wildlife Preserve these images capture the sea in stark relief against the backdrop of one of America's great natural sanctuaries.

In 2007 I was commissioned to capture images of India and it's people. I quickly realized when traveling through India as a Westerner you must disengage any social or cultural compass. I was directed not to take pictures of the Western "stereotype", but the "true India". Everyday people...everyday India.

Originally used by the ancient Greeks Deira Creek established Dubai as a major commercial and fishing port. However, the workers on the dhows (ships) have shouldered an untold burden. Offered high wages many of the workers (from Pakistan, Iraq, India, and China) are not allowed leave fearing reprisals upon themselves or their families. Some have reported working for years with little or no payment while living under unacceptable living conditions...these are their portraits.

The final resting place for many a aviation innovation.

Situated in the northern section of Death Valley’s Panamint Mountain Range the remote Racetrack Playa is a seasonal dry lake. The Playa is infamous for it's “sailing stones” that are rocks that mysteriously move along the lakebed without human intervention. The stones move only a couple of times each year, and have trails that have been mapped at almost 900 feet. Notorious for is winter storms the playa’s 90+ mile per hour winds move the stones in different directions along the ice depending on the conditions. The sailing stones trails last for years adding to the lore and allure of Racetrack Playa. Spring 2010

Familiarity breeds contempt. Creeping along at one inch per year, visual evidence of "the big one" is all around us. The direction change of a river; the lateral curvature of a bridge; an exposed rock face along a freeway are all tell-tale seismic predictions of our geological future. Acknowledging our vulnerability to the San Andreas is obvious, however, failing to take heed would be our collective fault. Summer 2010.