Sounds of Deep Trance and Prayers in a cave on Nusa Penida Island, Bali

Nusa Peneda Cave Trance

Vishnu Morning Prayers-India

Stuck in traffic driving through Kolkata, one of my favorite cities.

Calcutta Street Traffic

12 people died over this weekend of riots in Jakarta. The sounds visuals from Egypt
in March 2011 reminded so much of a nearly similar moment that played out
in Indonesia 12 years earlier.

Indonesia Reformasi-riots

Field recording of Osama Bin Laden supporters in Peshawar, Pakistan, on October 15, 2001. Fascinating how one fellow says he not only loves OBL, he also loves fly fishing.

OBL Rally-Pakistan

30 piece gamelan orchestra performing at a cremation ceremony in Ubud, Bali. November 11, 2006.

Gamelan at a Cremation Ceremony

Beautiful way of announcing the call to prayer — a battery operated megaphone. Field recording I made back in 2008 while on the National Geographic story, End of Plenty, published June 2009. This photograph had little to do with the food crisis other than a village in a remote part of Ethiopia where food shortages were acute. Being an avid field recordist for nearly three decades, when this kind gentleman appears upon a ridge of soil next to a small mosque made of sticks, I couldn't help be enthralled.

Ethiopia - Call To Prayers

Testing Soundman OKM II Binaural microphones with Soundman dead kitten earmuffs while walking through the snow. Emma and Asia run around me near the end of this short recording, giving a very spacial and spacial sound print.

Binaural Recording of Walking in Snow and Dogs Running

Testing the Soundman OKM II Classic Studio binaural microphones with Soundman dead kitten earmuffs while recording heavy wind, a passing car and the arrival of my son's school bus.

Binaural Recording of Wind, a Car, Gate Opening and a School Bus

Binaural Sound recording while wandering through Time Square in New York City.

Binaural Recording Wandering Through Time Square

John Stanmeyer if a photojournalist and humanist dedicated to social and political issues that define our times.

Co-Founder of the VII Photo Agency, Stanmeyer lived in the Far East for over twelve years, witnessing throughout that time nearly every major historical event in Asia, photographing the rapid changes taking place throughout the entire region. Working globally, he has focused on the plight of refugees from the Ugandan civil war, spent months chronicling the effects of the 2004 Tsunami and documented the mental healthcare crises in Asia. Prior to moving to Hong Kong in 1996, Stanmeyer covered the conflict in South Sudan, Eastern European social change after the fall of Communism, as well as numerous visits to Haiti to record the endless social tragedies plaguing the island nation. For over eight years he has documented the spread of HIV/AIDS through every country in Asia. Stanmeyer focus is on social injustices, eradication of global poverty, human rights and raising awareness for the sustaining vanishing cultures.

Working regularly for National Geographic Magazine, was on contract with Time Magazine for over 10 years and photographing for numerous other global publications, Stanmeyer has been the recipient of numerous honors including the prestigious Robert Capa award, named Magazine Photographer of the Year, awarded numerous World Press, Picture of the Year and NPPA awards and in 2008 received the National Magazine Award for this in-depth essay on the global Malaria epidemic.

John’s latest book, Island of the Spirits, an journalist/anthropologic look at Balinese culture documented over the five years he lived on the island, was published in November 2010 (http://www.islandofthespirits.com)

He has recently moved back to the United States and lives with this wife, Anastasia, and their three children on a farm in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts.

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