A selection of editorial portraits and portraits commissioned by artists.

"...Even before the earthquake, some 400,000 children, or about one out of every 10 Haitian kids, lived in some type of orphanage or had been farmed out to local families other than their own, according to UNICEF and other relief organizations..."(WSJ, Feb. 27, 2010)

A selection of work from my reportage in Haiti. For a complete portfolio from Port-au-Prince, Leogane, Jacmel, click through to mashid.zenfolio.com

For American civilians serving in Afghanistan, the last stop before they ship out to Kabul or Kandahar. This “civilian surge” intended to improve the lives of Afghans. (NYT, Dec. 20, 2009)

Dumitru was sold as a baby to an organized trafficking network. He is now reunited with his mother for the first time after 12 years.

Young, single mothers in Romania struggle to keep their children.

A portrait series of the families of migrant workers left behind in Tajikistan. (Global Post, Oct. 18, 2009)

Every year thousands of people try to reach Europe. As Europe is tightening its border controls, their attempts are becoming more daring.

This slideshow includes three stories: boat migrants arriving on the island of Lampedusa, the objects they leave behind, and their life in Italy.

(World Press Photo 2009, 1st Prize Contemporary Issues Singles)

The story of the new homeless in the U.S.

The Lubavitch Hasidic Jewish community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

Palestinian refugees have been living in these camps for more than two generations. They still have no rights in Lebanon.

An ever-growing selection of images of daily life from around the world.