This is picture was taken by Craig Hayslip. I took many photos and displayed, so I could show some of my photographs of nature and the places I have traveled around the world.

For 4 months in 1983 I worked in Somalia for a British company contracted by the Somali government to survey the vegetation of the southern region of the country. I worked with other biologist from England, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada along with Somalis who assisted us. At this time Somalia was relatively stable, although still officially at war with Ethiopia. I never imagined at that time what would befall the country years later when civil war and famine would bring horrible suffering to its people and destruction to many of the small towns we passed through and its capital Mogadishu.
These photograhps were taken during the 2 to 3 week long safaris we went on to collect plants and in Mogadishu.
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JENNY CHU PHOTOGRAPH of  SOMALIA

Acacia trees make up most of the woodland areas which comprise a mere 9% of Somalia. Deforestation has occurred due to a demand for charcoal exports to the Gulf states, overgrazing and drought. This, in turn, causes what little arable soil there is to erode in a process called "desertification." In 2002, I visited AFRICA, in order to photograph the relieve activities of International Medical Corps, a humanitarian aid organization based in Los Angeles, US. These photograph reflect the strength, stamina and beauty of these people who have suffered from the effects from civil war, famine and drought in Somalia

JENNY CHU - U.C. Berkeley: Graduated in May 1990 with an individual major in photography (including film studies) San Francisco Art Institute. Jenny Chu was awarded Puffin Foundation Grant for Photography, Award of Excellence, Photographer’s Forum Magazine, Rosalyn Schneider Eisner award in Photography, U.C. Berkeley, President's Undergraduate Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley and Rosalyn Schneider Eisner award in Photography, U.C. Berkeley.

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Dead Tree - Somalia 

This picture was taken by Jim Alinder,  who become a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Somali Republic. He taught English and was photography advisor to the Ministry of Information in Mogadishu, Somalia from 1964 to 1966. While a native Californian, Jim Alinder grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota and from the age of seven was educated there. He developed an early interest in photography and became a freelance professional photographer. Alinder received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Macalester College and completed two years of graduate work at the University of Minnesota

Jim Alinder