I never liked Robert Frank’s work. There, I said it. I was first spoon-fed the legend while in photojournalism school. Somehow, the program managed to avoid the likes of W. Eugene Smith, Sebastiao Salgado, and Gilles Peress, but Frank, we …
Creative: NYC – Boston
I began to feel the cracks in five days. The noise, mainly. The density of people, sure, that too. Proximity is a thing. I’m used to walking outside on my patio in the hills and thinking I might need to …
Creative: New York Day Six
In case you were wondering. In case you were wondering what the tariffs mean for photography. It’s not good. Several electronics companies have pulled out of the US. Camera brands no longer have stock, so stores are urging people to …
Creative: New York Day Five
All’s well that ends well. New York City Blurb PhotoWalk is in the books, and what a stellar day it was. Early reports called for rain, but when the day broke, the sun pushed through and the temperature climbed to …
Creative: New York Day Four
It was a chance encounter. “I’m in front of your building, please alert the media,” I texted. “Meet me in the lobby,” came the reply. A short walk, a coffee, a short walk back. “So, what’s happening out there?” I …
Creative: New York Day Three
War plans have been texted. Specifics. Coordinates. Operation 420, Washington Square Park, 4:20 PM. The first tracer rounds come not in anger but in love. Great arching prerolls zip from ground level to high above the festive crowd. Outstretched arms …
Creative: New York Day Two
“Happy Easter, we have free edibles,” he said from blood red orbs and fringy hair tucking our from under his trucker hat. Gap-toothed and happier than any nondoped human could be. “Once KGB, always KGB,” said another with vascular arms. …
Creative: New York Day One
New York City. Santa Fe to Albuquerque to Dallas to New York. Exit row window. One of the hottest flights I’ve been on in years. The man next to me in a long sleeve hoodie, hood up and synched down …
Creative: The Things We Forget
Australia is arguably the best self-publishing market in the world. It might be because they are in the middle of nowhere and communication with the outside world takes six weeks of trying to find a signal, but it could also …
Creative: The Book
This is not a great book. The only distinguishing feature is that this was the first. The first of my over three hundred Blurb titles. Uploaded on January 29th, 2007. A test book. Let me hit you with this again, …
Read: Mid-April Books
It’s been a slow month for reading. I typically don’t read much when I’m traveling for work, but that’s okay. I get back to it when I return home and set that alarm. Some of these books were recommendations, and …