Been thinking about some of my past career experiences working in the midst of a sometimes hostile environment. Hard to believe it’s been 13+ years since I made four trips to the Balkans (twice to both Albania and Kosovo) and 10 years since I was in Afghanistan; with brief stays in Bahrain and Pakistan as part of that trip… ~cg.
A horse drawn cart passes near the burned out shell of an overturned automobile in the northern city of Pec, Kosovo in July 1999. © www.chetgordon.com
Human remains found behind a house. Mitrovica, Kosovo. July 1999. © www.chetgordon.com
(2) – Street scenes in Kabul, Afghanistan. May 2002. © www.chetgordon.com
Health clinic security guard. Kabul, Afghanistan. May 2002. © www.chetgordon.com
Chet Gordon resides in the lower Hudson Valley region of New York. A photojournalist for more than 25 years, he recently worked as Westchester Magazine's first photo editor, and previously was a staff photographer at four NYC metro area newspapers. He was also a photo editor at the NY Daily News for 5 years. His work has appeared in The New York Times, International Herald-Tribune, USA Today, MailOnline (UK), Army Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and Popular Photography magazines, among others. He is a career member of the National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA), and a former board member of the NY Press Photographer’s Association (NYPPA). He served honorably as a U.S. Marine in the mid-1980's, including 2+ years stationed on Okinawa, Japan, and throughout Southeast Asia. A longtime volunteer and travel enthusiast, he accompanies several humanitarian aid clients on their international disaster relief and medical missions. Since 1997, he's worked in several African countries, the Middle East, Central and South America, Eastern Europe, as well as Afghanistan, Haiti, the Russian Federation, and Thailand. He routinely mentors young photographers looking to break into the industry and vacations in Bermuda and Kenya.
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