Press
Select publications and interviews
Interview in WIRED: What Drone Attacks in America Would Look Like
An article by Pete Brook about my Blue Sky Days drone project is featured on WIRED. Below is a brief excerpt of the interview: If U.S. citizens knew how it felt to be targeted by deadly flying robots, it might shape domestic attitudes toward the Obama administration’s drone program. Artist Tomas Van Houtryve is using video and photography to foster that… read more.
Blue Sky Days: The largest photo essay published in Harper’s Magazine’s 164-year history
My project Blue Sky Days, which reveals a drone’s-eye view of America, is the longest photo story which has ever run in Harper’s Magazine since they started publishing in 1850. The April issue features a 16-page spread of black and white aerial images. The article’s introduction text, written by Anthony Lydgate, is posted below. A subscription is required to access… read more.
Radio Interview: Photos from the Edge on The Story
I was interviewed about my project tracing North Korea’s borders by Dick Gordon on The Story. You can listen to the 18 minute radio segment here.
Review: NPR, Behind the Curtains book
NPR’s Coburn Dukehart reviewed my book, Behind the Curtains of 21st Century Communism. The full review is copied below: I was a few minutes late calling Tomas van Houtryve for our scheduled interview because I couldn’t put his book down. I was reading about how he entered North Korea with an illegal American passport and had to concoct an… read more.
Publication: TIME.com, The Alien Beauty of Socotra
TIME.com has posted my photo essay from Socotra island in Yemen:
Publication: TIME.com, Rare Pictures from Inside North Korea
Another photo essay from my trips to North Korea posted on the TIME website.