So I got a chance to stay at Los Poblanos in Albuquerque. I’d heard about this place for years but never had an option until now. The idea was 2.5 days with the wifey poo poo. Just us. No plans. …
Read: Fencing the Sky
Okay, I doubled down on Galvin, just like I have with various other authors, but unlike various other authors Galvin’s work is so painfully close to home. Fencing the Sky is a beautiful book filled with not so beautiful things. …
Read: The Meadow
I didn’t believe this book existed. A friend in Laramie said “You know, someone wrote a book about the original ranch property your family had?” So to learn this book existed was a shock to say the least. Not to …
Creative: August Self-Publishing Project, Chapter One
I’ve got my sights set on a new project, and for the first time in a long while I’m going to package this baby in a photography book. To be exact, an 10×8 portrait book. Softcover with Proline Uncoated paper. …
Creative: San Francisco Art Book Fair
This makes three. San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York. Art book fairs I’ve attended. If you haven’t been you should go. Although I’m not entirely a fan of the format, just based on being overwhelmed, these shows are well worth …
Read: State of Wonder
This was a beautiful book. Certain writers are so smooth you can hardly believe the prose. This was my first Ann Patchett book but won’t be the last. State of Wonder follows a doctor into the depths of the Brazilian …
Creative: Santa Fe Postcards
Last week someone wrote a post about a brand using someone’s Instagram image, reposting, then baulking at paying when the artist who create the image went asking. Frankly, it’s a pathetic story but all too real in the photography “business” …
Creative: Wim Jansen Prints
How great is this? If I was a working photographer I would be sending this kind of thing out ALL THE TIME. We have Wim Jansen to thank for this beauty. A card, a note and a batch of beautifully …
Creative: Call and Response
How cool is this? Call & Response is a zine collaboration of members of VI. This is a MagCloud 8×8, which you can find here. How about them in their own words? A word about VI Paul Romaniuk is a …
Adventure: New Mexico Fly
I got out to fish for the first time in a year. It wasn’t pretty. A rush job you might say. When you rush getting to nature you typically suffer from impact. Human impact. The closer you are, the easier …
Creative: MagCloud for Blurb, Poster
Post number three in regard to using MagCloud in support of a Blurb project. ESSAY. My magazine. The poster was a bit of a sleeper product for me. No urge to use these in the past and then I made …
Dispatches: Courtney White
I found Courtney White through his books about carbon, conservation, ranching and the New West. He asked how I found these books but I had no answer. They seemingly just appeared in my vehicle where they have resided ever since. …