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, …

File: 20250418_0548 Friday, April 18, 2025 12:16 PM Dear Reader, Just a photograph this week. I hope you're doing well.

Lillie Park is the perfect confusing mix of a respite and a landscape that bears the scars of industry and technology. I’ve been here to photograph multiple times over the past few years, and …