This photograph of Alan was taken in Kuwait in 2004.  He was in Kuwait to help Asraa’ Mizyad secure a visa and travel to Texas for prosthetic treatment at Shriners Hospital for Children.  Alan was a combat medic during the Vietnam war who became an active member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War shortly after his return.  Today Alan is a renowned documentary photographer and anti-war activist.  His award-winning documentary photography has been widely exhibited and published in numerous national and international periodicals, including the New York Times Magazine, Boston Globe, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, Kyodo News Japan, Photo District News, and Texas Monthly. A collection of Alan’s work, Witness for Justice, was published by the University of Texas Press in 2007. He lives in Austin, Texas, where he has been the chief photographer for the Texas Observer magazine since 1972.

Alan returned to the middle east to accompany three-year-old Alaa’ Khalid to Orlando for eye surgery.  You can read about his efforts here.