MIGUEL FAIRBANKS PHOTOGRAPHY

On Assignment

Photo of the Brazilian youths who “surf” the tops of Rio de Janeiro’s electric commuter trains, which serve the world’s most dangerous slum, the Baixada Fluminense. Some 150 kids die each year in this deadly “sport.” (Miguel was going backwards atop the train at 50 mph, while trying to avoid the 3,300-volt wires just overhead).(for COLORS magazine)
   
Photo of Mel Fisher (left of center, wearing glasses) on the day he and his crew celebrate their discovery of the Spanish galleon, Nuestra Señora de Atocha, off Key West, Florida. Mel's son, Kane, holds a solid bar of silver over his head, just one piece of an enormous treasure of gold, silver and jewels valued at more than 400 million dollars. (for Stern magazine)
   
Ad for Patrick Media Group.Mono Lake, Eastern Sierras, California
     
  
Photo of Mother Teresa visiting a church in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.(for the Lethbridge Herald)
   
Story on the Brazilian island paradise of Fernando de Noroñha, in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Spread 1 of 2.(for National Geographic Magazine)
   
Story on the Brazilian island paradise of Fernando de Noroñha, in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Spread 2 of 2.(for National Geographic Magazine)
     
  
Parachuting for the National Geographic book, “Adventure America,” in Lompoc, California, near Vandenberg Air Force Base.
   
Photo of Pão de Azucar from the famed statue of Corocovado, overlooking Rio de Janeiro.(for The New York Times Magazine)
   
Photo of President Clinton (while he was President), flanked by Secret Service Agents as he greets bystanders near San Francisco. (for Business Week magazine)
     
  
Ad for Men’s Journal, aboard a Harley in a tunnel outside Cody, Wyoming.
   
Portrait of Director Gus Van Sant, on the set of “My Own Private Idaho,” in Portland, Oregon.(for The New York Times Magazine)
   
Portrait of Director Gus Van Sant, on the set of “My Own Private Idaho,” in Portland, Oregon.(for The New York Times Magazine)
     
  
Cover photo of the book, “Thunder in the Hills-Sturgis at 50.” The story on the biker culture in this small, South Dakota mining town, was originally shot for the Paris-based magazine, Le Figaro.
   
Aerial photo of downtown Los Angeles, as part of a cover story on air pollution in that city.(for The New York Times Magazine)
   
Story on the impoverished street children of Guatemala City.(for The New York Times Magazine)
     
  
Photo of Pope John Paul II on a papal visit to Chile, here making a speech in the presence of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.(for National Geographic Magazine)
   
Photo of fur seals frolicking in the surf on Robinson Crusoe Island, off the coast of Chile.(for the National Geographic book, “Islands Lost in Time”)
   
Story on investing in the highly successful Harley-Davidson Corporation. (for SmartMoney)
     
  
Cover photo of a large group of jubilant men in Tarragona, Spain, who had just collapsed after successfully constructing a “human tower” that stood nine levels high-a rare accomplishment in this highly competitive national pastime.(for the National Geographic book, “Descubrir España: Cataluña,” or, “Discover Spain”)