So after a considerable break from my nomads project, I decided to venture back south last weekend to the Salton Sea. Mostly to reconnect with old friends, bring a mess load of prints that I have been sitting on and see what sort of new directions I could take the Nomads project in.
I had been [...]
I went for a walk on the Salton Sea this weekend. I met some new friends and made a few portraits…
The past two weeks have been filled with taxes, reorganizing my billing system and lots and lots of paperwork, in other words, the fun part of running your own business. I shot a few assignments and made a point to walk my neighborhood as often as being the father of an 8-week-old child would allow. [...]
So the last 10 months have been focused on working closer to home, hence the title of this column, in preparation of the birth of my son Finn Maddox. My first real time away came last week when LUCEO held their biannual meeting in NYC. It was nothing if not a wild ride.
I was a [...]
In April of last year, after getting home from a lecture at my alma mater, my wife told me that she was pregnant with our first child. At first I screamed, then shock set in for about ten seconds, then I did the math in my head, realizing that nine months from now is still [...]
I went for a walk with my son the other day. I try to walk with him every day as he likes the air and I like the time we spend together outside. As I was walking along a path behind our house, I saw a large stone that, because of the way it was [...]
Our son Finn Maddox was born this morning at 11:22 am, at 19 1/2″ and 8lbs.
My friend Leo Kim was out in LA to visit his cousin and we went out for sushi and karaoke.
A portion of my American Nomads essay was featured in this months 100 Eyes Magazine, along with beautiful work by photographers Brenda Ann Kenneally, Q Sakamaki, Caleb Cole, Rania Matar, Brad Moore, David Taylor, Martin Miller, and Mustafah Abdulaziz.
Look at the issue online at www.100eyes.org
As a part of their annual photo issue, Double Vision, the kind folks at FADER Magazine ran a selection from my American Nomads essay along with essays dealing with the American landscape. They can be seen at www.Fader.com.
