He has traveled and photographed extensively around the world, mostly via motorcycle, over the last several years. In 2009, he rode a motorcycle from San Diego to Cairo (via cargo ship and Europe) with his brother, passing through Syria, among other places. During their time in Syria, they visited and met people in Dara, where the ongoing revolution started. Those people were on his mind when the uprising began. Nalbandian recently returned to Syria to photograph those in the midst of the fighting. See more of his work and that of his friends on FotoProspekt. He wrote this for Framework: