Deadpan: An Investigation
I first encountered the phrase deadpan photography around Youtube, of all places. I was watching one of Tatiana Hopper’s videos I think…
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In the Moment
My view of Japan is cartoonish. It’s built almost entirely from exports and a European vantage point. When I watch how other…
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Photography Chain of Custody Experiment #2
After mentioning this idea of somehow being able to authenticate the source of a photo, I’ve implemented and tested the idea. Here…
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The Life of Others
I took this photo a good while back. I was arriving in Paris by train, and a commuter train overtook us (for…
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May is Mental Health Month
On paper, photography looks like a bad coping strategy. You take a heavy thing with you out the door, walk around, and…
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Separating the Photograph from Its Birth
Photographers will tell you a good photograph needs to stand on its own. No explanation, no supporting text; what’s in the frame…
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Never Delete Any Photo
Digital photography gave us something film never had: an instant undo button for our own judgement. See an image on the back…
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The Book That Started as a Newsletter
I recently reviewed my library of posts and it gave me an idea. What began here as a random series of posts…
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Photography Changes You Through Others
When you photograph someone and they notice you, something changes in both of you. For them, it’s brief: a moment of self-consciousness,…
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The Joys of Medical Imaging
My father died of cancer in November. After the funeral, the paperwork, the strange silence that follows all of that, my doctor…
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