One of my favorite regions in this world is Central America. There’s a phrase there that gets tossed around often that I hope to embody someday: Tranquilo. I’m not exactly a tranquilo person, so it’s a grounding word for me.
When I landed in Phoenix last week, picked up my awesome soccer mom rental van (that [...]

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I bought a super cheap underwater digital camera and I got to finally play with it at the lake a weekend or two ago.
The more photos I take, the more I’m drawn to the awkward, imperfect frames. I used to be such a stickler for having everything perfect (that was my newspaper staffer side) and [...]

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I photographed freshmen orientation at The University of South Carolina for U.S. News & World Report. It wasn’t all that exciting, for visuals or the students either, as you can see by the lines and yawns. But it was fun to experience the nervousness and anticipation of the new students, to hear orientation leaders ruin [...]

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I’m heading back to my dear Sun City today for a slightly more focused approach in my Life After Life essay to try and gather images of what I feel this project lacks. I haven’t been since March, when the weather was much more tolerable and more residents were in town. Wish me luck?

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I photographed Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall for The New York Times. She’s under fire for a cheating scandal at 12 Atlanta schools. I got to spend time with her as she interacted with super cute and bright kindergartners as they sorted living and nonliving things in a science lab at their year-round elementary [...]

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A mix of Polaroid 600 and SX-70 PX 70 Color Shade. The thing I love about The Impossible Project’s experimental new films and Polaroid in general is the photos aren’t always as I hoped or imagined they’d be–and those imperfections are what draw me in.
 
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I’ve got two fun southern shoots next month. See more Facing South here.

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Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama is the oldest baseball park in the United States. I had the pleasure of wandering the park for The New York Times and then sitting in on an interview with former player Paul Seitz, who was the starting pitcher for the first integrated game in Birmingham. It didn’t used to [...]

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and,
before the splash,
the beautiful extended hesitancy of jumping off the edge

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Amber.

the
      sky
            was
can    dy    lu
minous
          edible
spry
        pinks shy
lemons
greens    coo    l choc
olate
s.     

  un    der,
  a    lo
co
mo
      tive      s      pout
                                ing
                                      vi
                                      o
                                      lets     

e.e. cummings

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