Headstone-Littered Hill

Photo by @andrewquilty for @burndiary. The Western Side of a headstone-littered hill in Qalai Musa get it’s first rays of sun for the day. There’s barely a hillside in Kabul that isn’t covered with countless slabs of slate marking the thousands upon thousands of graves. Few of them are marked but that doesn’t hinder family …

Headstone-Littered Hill Read More »

Hair Cutter

Photo by @andrewquilty for @burndiary. Roadside Trim. 28.1.2014. An elderly man, crippled by a land mine that took his right leg below the knee, makes a living cutting hair in a small, makeshift #shelter by the side of the road in the #Taimani district of #Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. #landmine #stylist #hairdresser #hair #beard …

Hair Cutter Read More »

Toxic Fire

Photo by @andrewquilty for @BURNdiary. After six hours of chasing and waiting for a visa renewal today, my writer & friend Claire and I saw clouds of rusty, orange smoke billowing from behind some buildings a couple of blocks away. Fortunately it wasn’t the result of anything malicious – as is all-too-often the case in …

Toxic Fire Read More »

Foggy Glass Door

Photo by @MattEich for @BURNdiary. Madelyn’s hearts mix with Meira’s handprints on a foggy glass door in Norfolk, Virginia on January 22, 2014. Well, friends, we’ve reached the end of my journey here on @BURNdiary, though it is just the beginning of the larger journey, which will take me through more than 10 states over …

Foggy Glass Door Read More »

Igor

Igor hoists his 18 month old daughter Nayali on Leme beach in Rio. The night beach scene is not so different than the day beach scene. Always lively always family oriented always the most socially democratic place i have seen.

Cranky Morning Moment

@MattEich for @BURNdiary. Meira has a cranky morning moment, Norfolk, Virginia, January 23, 2014. #matteich #burndiary #norfolk #virginia #va #morning #daughter #meira #meltdown #757 #hamptonroads #thesevencities

Night Swim

Just sitting on the beach w friends perfect weather night swim Rio . My students here will show their work tmrrw night my rooftop 900 Atlantico come to 10th floor 8pm ..real pictures in real time

Meira

@MattEich for @BURNdiary. Meira balancing on a chair in the morning of January 23, 2014. At 16 months, she already seems to be a bit more daring than her older sister. #matteich #burndiary #norfolk #virginia #va #family #daughter #balancing #troublemaker #testingthelimits #thesevencities

Maddie

Photo by @MattEich for @BURNdiary. Maddie playing outside on a snow day, Norfolk, Virginia, January 22, 2014. #matteich #burndiary #norfolk #virginia #va #757 #hamptonroads #daughter #family #snowday #reflection #thesevencities