Time runs the Smuggler Story
After a few months of waiting, Time has just posted my Smuggler piece. Click here to see how they decided to run it.
Election Pictures
My election pictures are up: archive.sebmeyer.com A few little stories coming your way once the work load decreases. Stay tuned…
A little bit of bragging…
Last Friday was hands down the best day of my photo career. My images from Baghdad went up on the Time website (as well as the print edition) and I also got the front page of the Wall Street Journal (the photo is somewhere in here). News moves fast and there have been many front [...]
Dawn in Baghdad
A dawn snapshot from the 6th floor of the Mansour Hotel in Baghdad. Tigris to the left. T-Walls in the front. And the Al-Dura Refinery burning away in the distance…
A Restaurant Experience in Iraqi Kurdistan
Last week, after a very disappointing “photo session” with Masoud Barzani I ended up in an Iranian Kurdish restaurant on the outskirts of Erbil, called 1001 Nights. The place was amazing. Truly. Deeply. Frighteningly. Firstly, the email address at the bottom of the menu read 1001nihgtsrestaurant@yahoo.com (sic). The busboys all wore plastic bags on their [...]
Two Items on Sale at the Citadel “Antiq Kala”
The other day, on a visit to Erbi’s Citadel, I ducked into the “Antiq Kala” to see what “antiques” they had on sale. Here are two absolute gems:
The Kite Flyers of Chamchamal
Chamchamal is a weird Kurdish town in northern Iraq that has a reputation for the being the Wild West of the region. It’s often referred to as “Texas,” but a over lunch a young man whose cousin was murdered in a killing spree last month told me that Texas should be referred to as Chamchamal, [...]
Metrography grows…
Metrography grows! We’ve now got French, Italian, and British representation! For France we’ve signed with MaxPPP For Italy, we’ve signed with ParalleloZero For the UK, we’ve signed with Universal News and Sport And of course there’s the ubiquitous blog
Iraq’s First Photo Agency!
My friend Kamaran has launched Iraq’s first (and for the time being) only photography agency. It’s called Metrography and you can find it here: http://www.photoshelter.com/c/metrography. Check it out now and then keep coming back as we add more and more! Thoughts, suggestions, and of course praise are all welcomed!
Some New Photos
Two days ago I went up to the Iranian border to shoot a story on smugglers trafficking petrol into Iraq and alcohol into Iran. The photos are here and you’ll have the story in a day or two when I get over this horrible allergy I’ve developed. You’ll also have the story about my meeting [...]
JR’s Idea
My fellow photographer and friend came up with a fantastic idea of trading photos and publishing them on each others blogs. Here’s JR’s photo of Tigermoths and here’s his blog: http://www.jr-photos.com/blog/
Back from Christmas in NYC
I’ve been really slack at keeping up to date on this ole blog, but I’m now back in Kurdistan and we’ve got a new “season” of adventures to have together. Stay tuned.
Kurdish Three Ring Circus
I think I knew things were different this time at about 10 am. That’s not quite true. I’d had a sinking suspicion for a while that these anti-terror raids I’ve been going have been nothing more than a PR stunt. This time, however, it was too much. The light bulb moment came while I was [...]
A Nice Little Surprise
I’ve just had a photo selected for the Mpls Photo Center’s Portraits exhibition. Minneapolis couldn’t feel further away except I spent yesterday afternoon photographing Jeremiah, an American high school teacher, rock climbing. Memories of Carleton and general outdoorsiness came flooding back…
Groucho Marx in the Market
Ok, I promise I’ll actually do a little writing for this site, but in the mean time while I edit my photos from the market yesterday, here’s a little image to ponder:
A Map of Iraq
Here’s a map of Iraq I found pasted to a wall inside a police station on the outskirts of Kirkuk, although I’m not sure what to make of it:
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