“You two have something in common,” Tim said. “Leica.” This is how I met Steven Poster. Steven is president of The International Cinematographers Guild. If you don’t know what this means just know it’s a big deal. Steven began his …
Dispatches: Marc Silber
Marc Silber is a busy, busy man. He’s got his own production company, does a ton of motion, knows everything digital but still has the heartbeat of an M2 and TRI-X. I met Marc years ago when he interviewed me. …
Dispatches: Donna Enad Napper
Donna Enad Napper is the Curator and Director of Education at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art. Her story of reaching this status in the art world is an interesting one. She’s owned her own gallery, created unique shows …
Dispatches: Phillip Vigil
As far as I know artist Phillip Vigil has never done a Blurb book, but he’s still here on Dispatches. I’m hoping to trick him into doing a book together, and once you see his work you will understand why. …
Dispatches: Phil Chipman
Phil Chipman is my neighbor. He’s not a typical neighbor. When I moved here a dozen years ago I noticed there were strange happenings in Phil’s garage. I’m probably making this up, but I think I remember sparks from an …
Dispatches: John DeMerritt
Meet Mr. John DeMerritt. Bookbinder, artist and all around COOL guy. Walking into his studio makes you want to quit your job, buy an apron and start building books, boxes and unique things and make people marvel. Got a chance …
Dispatches: Gabe Eggerling
I knew Gabe Eggerling as a baby. I made my first photographs of Gabe when he was just two. He’s all grown up now at a whopping eleven, but he isn’t your “normal” eleven-year-old. He acts, has his own non-profit …
Dispatches: Ted Gogoll
I met Ted Gogoll in 1995 during my first longish trip to Latin America. Ted was living with the family next door. Recently he was paging back through his journals and came across his notes from the day we met. …
Dispatches: Damon Webster
Nobody loves photography more than Damon Webster. Not that I’m attempting to reveal his age, but he’s got a knowledge and archive of photography that goes back roughly thirty years. (Okay, forty. Sorry Damon) Damon runs Photoinduced a website he …
Dispatches: Maggie Steber
Yes I live in Santa Fe, and yes, I’m about to get woo woo on you. There are certain people who emit a special energy and Maggie Steber is one of these people, but let me go back and explain …
Dispatches: Edouard Duval-Carrie´
I surrendered before it even began. “I can’t speak to you about art,” I said to Edouard Duval-Carrie´as he stood in the doorway of his studio in Miami’s Little Haiti district. Kaufman and I had ambushed Edouard the day before, …
Dispatches: Tony O’Brien
Let’s get the main course out of the way. Tony O’Brien is the Chair of the Photography Department at Santa Fe University of Art and Design. From 2010 until the present, Tony has held the position of full time faculty …