1. Aden, Yemen, February 2012 — I visited an elementary school in the port city of Aden while working for CBC radio and was impressed by the enthusiasm of the students, particularly these girls. (Published by CBC)
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2. Old City, Sana’a, Yemen, February 2012 — The biggest “problem” working as a photographer in Yemen was that I was stopped and asked by almost everyone — men, women, children — to take their photo. They’d tap me on the shoulder, point at my camera, and give me a smile. I’d snap their picture, they’d thank me, and then they’d disappear around the corner or into a crowd. Here, Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda obligingly takes a photo of two girls who’d followed us around the Old C ity asking to have their picture taken. After he took the photo, they giggled and ran off. 3. Sana’a, Yemen, November 2011— Every Friday during their uprising, thousands of supporters of the revolution would walk to Siteen Street to pray, putting their strength and defiance on public display. The lines of men (and, off to one side, women) standing shoulder-to-shoulder often continued down the street for at least a kilometer. The massive crowd could be strikingly silent as they moved in unison through their prayers. When the prayers were finished, the crowd would break into a roar, demanding the removal of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his family from power. 4. Sana’a, Yemen, November 20121— Men on a hillside took photographs of a crowd below using their mobile phones. (Published in Magenta Foundation’s book Flash Forward 2012)
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