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My name is Alan Wieder and I have been taking photographs on the streets, alleys, and of course many other places for over 30 years. The photographs exhibited on this site were taken in the United States and throughout the world. The overwhelming majority of shots are of children in the United States and southern Africa, but there are also pictures from India, France, Holland, Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic. Much of the time my photos corresponded to research that I was doing on race and education -- most recently with teachers who fought apartheid in South Africa. Finally, I have published two books through Blurb; Portraits: Children in India & Portraits: Somali Bantu Refugees in America. Previews and information can be seen at

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/680818
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/687721

JUST RETURNED FROM AN EXTENDED STAY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA -- CAMBODIA AND VIET NAM. WILL BEGIN ADDING PHOTOGRAPHS TODAY, STARTING WITH THE JEANINE AND BILLY CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION, AN ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE HIV-POSITIVE AND THEIR CHILDREN. THE WORK INCLUDES FUNDING GRANDPARENTS WHOSE ADULT CHILDREN HAVE DIED FROM AIDS AND MAINTAINING A PRESCHOOL THROUGH K-4 SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS HAVE AIDS AND HAVE ALSO BEEN RE-LOCATED OUT OF PHNOM PENH.

Featured Galleries

Cambodia/Viet Nam : These photographs were taken in both Cambodia and Viet Nam -- Phnom Penh, Kampot, Siem Reap, Ho Chi Minh City and more.

Cambodia/Viet Nam

These photographs were taken in both Cambodia and Viet Nam -- Phnom Pe ...

Updated: Jan 07, 2010 3:18pm PST

JBC Foundation - Cambodia : This gallery includes photographs depicting two projects of the Jeanine and Billy Children's foundation in Cambodia. There are pictures of grandmothers/grandchildren whose children/parents have died of AIDS. The foundation helps to support these grandparents as they raise their children's kids. In addition, there are photographs of a school for children whose parents are HIV Positive that the organization supports. In their own words: JBCF established a special fund, for orphans or children whose father or mother already died of Aids. From this fund the children receive financial support in order to continue their education. The purpose is to facilitate a foster family programme to care for the predicted boom in children orphaned by Aids. Via counselling of the families, opportunities will be looked for how to increase the income of the family where possible in order to find ways to become more independent. For the already HIV infected children JBCF, together with Maryknoll's Children's Homes, created a safe home where children infected by HIV receive care, education and medication from the staff. The estimated costs for this medical treatment will be around US $550, - per year per child. The anti-retroviral therapy medication will be received from the Ministry of Health. Below is what I wrote about the Foundations work. For more information on the foundation that Billy Barnaart facilitates in Phnom Penh go to www.jbcfoundation.com. BILLY BARNAART IS IN THE FIRST AND LAST PHOTOGRAPH.

JBC Foundation - Cambodia

This gallery includes photographs depicting two projects of the Jeanin ...

Updated: Jan 07, 2010 3:13pm PST

Cambodian Children : Cambodian Children were photographed in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, and in rural villages near Kep.

Cambodian Children

Cambodian Children were photographed in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, and in ...

Updated: Jan 07, 2010 3:47pm PST

HATS : For 30 years I have been in search of the perfect Miro hat. At some point in college I owned it but much to my chagrin it went missing. None of the hats that people wear in this gallery are even close, but still I am intrigued. They include family and friends, but also people in the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia, Dharamsala, and India.

HATS

For 30 years I have been in search of the perfect Miro hat. At some p ...

Updated: Jan 20, 2010 6:30pm PST

Galleries

My Smug Mug :

My Smug Mug

Updated: Mar 03, 2009 4:04pm PST

Southern Africa : I began photographing children in southern Africa in 1999 and the last of the photos exhibited were taken in May 2008. They are from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe.

Southern Africa

I began photographing children in southern Africa in 1999 and the last ...

Updated: Nov 19, 2009 8:46am PST

Somali Bantus : Hundreds of Somali Bantu refugees settled in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century. The photographs in this gallery were taken in Columbia, South Carolina.

Somali Bantus

Hundreds of Somali Bantu refugees settled in the United States at the ...

Updated: Nov 19, 2009 8:49am PST

Tibetan Childrens Village : I went to Dharamsala for the Dali Lama's teaching and ended up spending a good amount of time at the Tibetan Children's Village. The kids were beautiful, interesting, and totally interested in what I was doing walking the campus and taking pictures.

Tibetan Childrens Village

I went to Dharamsala for the Dali Lama's teaching and ended up spendin ...

Updated: Nov 13, 2009 8:12am PST

Nathan and Joel : Nathan is 31 and Joel is 29. So that means I have been shooting each of them for around three decades. Nate is a chef and lives in Charleston, South Carolina. He is presently managing the Prepared Food section of a Whole Foods. Joel lives in Cambodia and is working on a nutrition project for UNICEF.

Nathan and Joel

Nathan is 31 and Joel is 29. So that means I have been shooting each ...

Updated: Nov 02, 2009 9:55am PST

India :

India

Updated: Nov 07, 2009 9:32am PST

Joanie and Me :

Joanie and Me

Updated: Nov 02, 2009 10:21am PST

Black & White :

Black & White

Updated: Nov 16, 2009 11:17am PST

U.S. :

U.S.

Updated: Nov 23, 2009 4:05pm PST

Europe -- World Cup 2006 : In the summer of 2006 I traveled throughout Europe with Barnett Berry during the soccer world cup. We began in Paris, took a train to Prague, drove to Krakow and then on to Berlin where Germany was playing Argentina. We finished the trip in Amsterdam. We watched matches at a cafe in Paris, in the bar where Havel took Clinton in Prague, and in city squares in both Krakow and Amsterdam. We watched the match in Berlin with thousands of others who didn't secure match tickets at the SONY Center. The stories are much richer as are the pics from throughout the Continent.

Europe -- World Cup 2006

In the summer of 2006 I traveled throughout Europe with Barnett Berry ...

Updated: Nov 19, 2009 9:11am PST

JBC Foundation - Cambodia : This gallery includes photographs depicting two projects of the Jeanine and Billy Children's foundation in Cambodia. There are pictures of grandmothers/grandchildren whose children/parents have died of AIDS. The foundation helps to support these grandparents as they raise their children's kids. In addition, there are photographs of a school for children whose parents are HIV Positive that the organization supports. In their own words: JBCF established a special fund, for orphans or children whose father or mother already died of Aids. From this fund the children receive financial support in order to continue their education. The purpose is to facilitate a foster family programme to care for the predicted boom in children orphaned by Aids. Via counselling of the families, opportunities will be looked for how to increase the income of the family where possible in order to find ways to become more independent. For the already HIV infected children JBCF, together with Maryknoll's Children's Homes, created a safe home where children infected by HIV receive care, education and medication from the staff. The estimated costs for this medical treatment will be around US $550, - per year per child. The anti-retroviral therapy medication will be received from the Ministry of Health. Below is what I wrote about the Foundations work. For more information on the foundation that Billy Barnaart facilitates in Phnom Penh go to www.jbcfoundation.com. BILLY BARNAART IS IN THE FIRST AND LAST PHOTOGRAPH.

JBC Foundation - Cambodia

This gallery includes photographs depicting two projects of the Jeanin ...

Updated: Jan 07, 2010 3:13pm PST

Children U.S. :

Children U.S.

Updated: Nov 23, 2009 4:05pm PST

Cambodian Children : Cambodian Children were photographed in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, and in rural villages near Kep.

Cambodian Children

Cambodian Children were photographed in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, and in ...

Updated: Jan 07, 2010 3:47pm PST

Cambodia/Viet Nam : These photographs were taken in both Cambodia and Viet Nam -- Phnom Penh, Kampot, Siem Reap, Ho Chi Minh City and more.

Cambodia/Viet Nam

These photographs were taken in both Cambodia and Viet Nam -- Phnom Pe ...

Updated: Jan 07, 2010 3:18pm PST

HATS : For 30 years I have been in search of the perfect Miro hat. At some point in college I owned it but much to my chagrin it went missing. None of the hats that people wear in this gallery are even close, but still I am intrigued. They include family and friends, but also people in the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia, Dharamsala, and India.

HATS

For 30 years I have been in search of the perfect Miro hat. At some p ...

Updated: Jan 20, 2010 6:30pm PST