Tweet I’m back home in Chicago trying to shake off jet lag, at this point with measured success. If you’re an editor who needs some good ol’ Midwestern picutres and you happen to see this please make note that I am around again, and if you’re a friend (or editor, hey why not!) please make [...]
Tweet In a few days I’ll be back home. It’s going to be tough. Last time I was in New Zealand I was here for nearly six months, and this time just 10 weeks. Still, this visit has been much more immersive. Instead of surfing and going to university I’ve been meeting with lifelong residents [...]
Tweet I’m not the type to make a list of all my best 2011 pictures, or moments, or whatever. Maybe I’ll care about that stuff a bit more when I’m near my death bed but I’d rather spend more time focusing on what’s ahead, which to me should always include experimentation. If you’re a photographer [...]
Tweet One of my favorite images from the past year will be in the upcoming issue of Romka Magazine – a photo magazine out of Germany that celebrates personal work. The magazine is a collection of work by students, hobbyists, amateurs and a few professionals as well, but your job doesn’t matter to the publisher [...]
Tweet I usually stick to downtown Chicago when I’m photographing on the streets, as I have a long term goal for that work (whether it looks like a project or not, it is). It’s a whole different thing photographing in Naperville…the bubble of a suburb that I’m from and live in. There’s an annual Labor [...]
Tweet A few weeks ago I made a tour through the different homes of Uptown, Chicago’s most diverse neighborhood, for TimeOut’s Uptown Story special issue. Because the opportunity for good Ethiopian doesn’t arise that often I made sure to stop at Demera after a day of shooting.
Tweet Though I wasn’t in New Orleans to shoot for the most part, I still went out to look for still images on the street.
Tweet It seems that most places I look people close to me are still trying to figure out where they are, why they are, how they are, etc. Finding a finished space probably isn’t the best thing at this time anyways.
Tweet ketchup and mustard on one of my bike routes
TweetExploring the shoreline of Lake Michigan is a bizarre practice. So much of it is industrialized, protected or snagged up by private property owners, you can’t really “discover” anything new. But if you’re not concerned with being the very first, and you are looking for something that not many people have looked for, discoveries abound. [...]
