John, 30, from Birmingham, AL. John says he waited tables for ten years and decided he’d had enough. He travels from city to city and has been supporting himself for two years by busking with a guitar and a ukulele. He occasionally sleeps in the woods or under an awning if it rains. Read More »

Faizz Abu Madiam reaches into his father’s van to roll up the windows as rain begins to fall on the Bedouin village of Al-Arakib in south central Israel. Read More »

Hamed, Al-Arakib. The Bedouin village of Al-Arakib has never been recognized by the state of Israel and has been demolished 31 times in the past 18 months to make room for a forest supported by the Jewish National Fund. Read more here: http: //www.dukium. Read More »

Ralph is homeless in Austin, TX. He is soft-spoken yet his voice has the enthusiasm of an oblivious kid. Read More »

Sudanese refugees with no work or food camp out at Levinksy Park in South Tel Aviv. Once they cross the border, refugees are detained by the army or police and, upon release, are given a one way ticket to Tel Aviv. Read More »

Women of the Bedouin Village Al-Arakib. Read more about the village here: http: //www.dukium.org/eng/?page id=882 Read More »

Activists stand along the edge of Rabin Square, demanding humane treatment of refugees in Israel during a demonstration against recent legislation that significantly strengthens punishments for refugees and Israeli citizens who aid them. Read More »

Demonstrators block an intersection at a corner of Rabin Square, demanding humane treatment for refugees in Israel. Read More »

A demonstrator criticizes the Israeli government and lambasts the allegedly inhumane conditions of the detention centers, where refugees are often held indefinitely. Read More »

After police forced demonstrators out of a major intersection in downtown Tel Aviv, the protest relocated to continue exercising civil disobedience. Read More »

A human rights and anti-occupation activist is forcibly removed from a major intersection in Tel Aviv by Israeli police officers after the demonstration relocated from Rabin Square to Dizingof Center. An hour later and after multiple demonstrators were taken into custody by police, the protestor asked to be arrested and was promptly detained. Read More »

Demonstrators, arrested for leading efforts to block traffic on busy Tel Aviv streets, sit in the back of an Israeli police van at midnight. Read More »

A composite I made of my dear friends and fellow band members in Mother Falcon. I lit and took all the photos except for my own. Matt Puckett took that one. Read More »

Mourners carry the body of Gabriel Cadis, Chairman of the Jaffa Orthodox Church Association, during his funeral procession. Cadis was murdered the night before during a Christmas celebration by a man dressed as Santa Claus. Read More »

Mourners surround a van carrying the body of Gabriel Cadis, Chairman of the Jaffa Orthodox Church Association, during his funeral procession. Cadis was murdered the night before during a Christmas celebration by a man dressed as Santa Claus. Read More »

Ghanians worship during mass. Part of a series on churches located within apartment buildings on a South Tel Aviv street. Read More »

A Ghanian man, overwhelmed by emotion during worship, lies on the floor of his church and screams the name of Jesus. Part of a series on churches located within apartment buildings on a South Tel Aviv street. Read More »

Ghanians worship during a saturday mass at one of the many churches located in apartment buildings on Levanda St. Part of a story about apartment churches on south Tel Aviv street. Read More »

Nigerian Christians celebrate the coming of a new year at the Lift Up Your Head Ministries church in South Tel Aviv. Part of a story about apartment churches on a south Tel Aviv street. Read More »

A Nigerian Christian poses for a photo at the Western Wall during a guided tour of the holy sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem on Christmas Eve. Part of a story about apartment churches in south Tel Aviv street. Read More »