Photojournalist Stephen Alvarez produces global stories about exploration, culture, religion and the aftermath of conflict. Stephen has been a ... more

INSIGHTS

Life Is Strange Enough Straight-up

If you have a degree in what field is it? I have a degree in comparative religion from Sewanee: The University of the South.

What was your strangest assignment? God, they are all bizarre in their own way, how do you choose between fungal colonies called “snotites” in a poison gas cave; a Mayan spirit, called Maximon, who literally broke my camera; and the sewers of Paris?

Which photographer would you like to meet? William Henry Jackson, but Irving Penn would be a close second.

What famous person (living or dead) would you most like to photograph? Muhammad Ali.

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