This book is a total heart breaker but also a living testament to why print platforms are so important. I don’t know Paul Shappirio, nor did I know his mother, but I can tell you with certainty that based on …
Create: Making Sense of Me
I suck at landscape photography. My heart isn’t in it. My heart is the landscape, for sure, but not in the making of photographs depicting scenery. Why? Because even the best landscape photography pales in comparison to being there. So …
Create: Q&A Episode 007
Let us not forget the reality that having the time to discuss photography and bookmaking is a complete luxury. A lot of folks on this planet of ours are simply trying to survive. Food, water, shelter. What f-stop never plays …
Create: Response to a Young Photographer
Hey kids. I received an email from a budding young photographer asking about ideas, projects, and photography itself. Like George Bush Jr., I was a total mess until I was about forty, so anytime a young person reaches out I …
Create: The Photographic Big Three
In my humble opinion. Yes, I’m just ONE guy with ONE opinion but when I look at the work that most inspires me, none of which is my own, I see consistencies in those frames and pages. Light, timing, and …
Create: VanLife Episode 003
My brother-in-law cut my hair. He has no formal training. I have to temper my expectations. With very limited creative time I can sometimes trick myself into thinking I can do more than I actually can. This recent road trip …
Create: Q&A 006
I AM JUST ONE GUY. With one opinion, tarnished by age, bias, comfort, and a radical take on the idea that photographers are supposed to be, after all, creative, pioneering, risk-taking people. I love Q&A because I have a strange …
Create: How I Use My Journal for Documentary Work
Remember, this is how I work. This strategy may or may not work for you but perhaps there is something to be gained by having a listen, even if it’s only something small you pick up to add to your …
Create: The Isolated Streets, Kant Rathod
Okay, Kant has one of the coolest names ever. EVER. No idea what it means or where it comes from but it sure beats the Hell out of my normal name. For this, I am forever jealous. Kant also made …
Create: Q&A Episode 005
Your questions, my answers. Keep in mind my friends and family, I am but one man. And my opinion is just that, mine. I could be wrong. I could be jaded. I could be misinformed, or I could be holding …