swimming

  • Swimming with Whale Sharks in Madagascar

    Check another item off the bucket list:  in November, we made it to Nosy Be to see the whale sharks – considered endangered by some – feeding on the plankton that “bloom” there the same time every year.  This capped off an amazing year in Madagascar – just a month prior, we managed to get out

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  • Found Film: Safari!

    This latest roll of found film is a 35mm roll of (I think) slide film.  I say “I think” because I actually developed this some time ago and have been carrying the digital versions only.  They were pretty dark and I had to use a homemade lightbox to photograph the negative, invert it and change

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  • Swimathon: Bird’s Eye View

    Last week I took part in a “Swimathon” in Goa, on the eastern coast of southern India.  Participants were to swim either 2 km, 1 km, or 250 meters in the calm sea.  It was a great set of races, and had lots of participation by a local swim club as well as members of

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  • From the Township to the Championship: The Amazing Story Behind One Photo

    This is Sofia Simon, a fifteen-year-old, in Giza, Egypt.  She’s on a layover in Cairo, on her way to compete in the World Biathle Championships in Cyprus.  Never heard of biathle?  Eighteen months ago, neither had Sofia.  Eighteen months ago, she couldn’t swim, either.  And tomorrow she will represent her country in a sport that

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