(screenshot of a spread from Ravens, 1979) About 45 years ago Masahisa Fukase made a book of pictures called Ravens as a way to, in part, process his divorce with his wife. The book …

This what the process of editing can do - and often does - it can reveal something you didn't know while you were photographing. In this case it appears that this spindly tree, situated …

For nearly twenty years I've kept a sort of diaristic practice of photography. Some years I am more engaged than others, some years have sort of slipped away from me entirely. Up until 2015 …

Kitchen Table, Illinois, 2008 I was corresponding with a long time friend of mine a few weeks ago seeking his advice on a professional matter. He and I are in somewhat similar positions in …

A brief note on what Barthes offers us today.

Brother at Lake Michigan, 2012 Leisure by William Henry Davies What is this life if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare?— No time to stand beneath the boughs,And stare as …

You are, perhaps, trying to make dinner, or trying to walk the dog, or trying to attend to your job but on your desk, or on your counter, or in your hand your phone …

When pictures of the world don’t show the world itself anymore, how does that affect us?

I have a vague memory of an early photography professor of mine making a project about flowering trees. I can't find it anywhere. At this point I don’t know if it was a real …

(As noted on April 7th, 2025) I forgot when the Trilliums bloom. It's sometime around now, I think. It can't be. But I felt the sun yesterday and the warmth blew in. I know, …