Some nice and compact portrait jobs I recently shot in Switzerland for Wir Eltern and in Madagascar for Annabelle. Read the article about volunteers here and the story of a young woman who didn't know she was pregnant until she delivered her daughter here. And to find out what masseuse Francia bought with her first salary, click here.

My favourite photograph I took this year—or maybe ever—is a picture that's only for me. I waited five months to shoot it, and then I promised the person in the photo not to show it to anyone, so it's just sitting on a hard drive. Every once in a while I look at it when I'm alone. I'm so glad I took it, and it reassures me, but every viewing reminds me of that time that's gone, and then my heart breaks a little. Photography can be so intimate, and so melancholy: Every time I press the shutter, it's an acknowledgement that the moment I've just photographed has passed.