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PHOTOGRAPHER.AUTHOR.SPEAKER
Jan 26, 20211 min read
#DadPOV
This is Jackson looking out on an icey mountain this morning.
Jan 25, 20211 min read
Our kids are measuring us, too.
One of the first things we do when our children are born is measure them. How much do they weigh?
Jan 24, 20211 min read
“I am feeling like a Jackson Pollock painting.”
Asher and I are watching a video of Thelonius Monk’s hands playing up close.
Jan 20, 20212 min read
The POET!
Maybe we should all stay a bit more hydrated while we dry out our socks.
Jan 15, 20212 min read
“You stop imagining”
“Dad. Imagine you are stuck in a metal box that is super hard to get out of. How do you get out?”
Dec 7, 20202 min read
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan sold all of his songs today. His songs are a house he has been building for 60 years. There are over 600 rooms in that house....
Nov 19, 20201 min read
“Childhood Found”
My assignment this past September was to create photographs for a WQED documentary titled, “Childhood Lost.” The film, which premiered...
Nov 18, 20201 min read
Virtual Learning
Jackson learning "Centerfield" with Shane...virtually. Love the vocals as much as the uke strumming.
Nov 8, 20203 min read
We All Voted!
I went around the house the other night when it was cold and feeling like winter was settling in. I had bought a small key that lets me...
Nov 4, 20202 min read
“Dad, people are voting for Donald Trump because he was in Home Alone. I saw it on Tic Tok.”
Asher our 4th grader was so excited on Monday when his 4th literacy class started assigning fiction after a long bout of non-fiction. ...
Oct 28, 20202 min read
15 years ago today
Stephie and I got married. Then two years later, Jackson was born on this very day. I was barely awake when Stephie whispered, “I am...
Sep 28, 20204 min read
READ THIS NOW!
I have been trying to write this for a week now. Thomas Friedman got it right. We need to stop all of our posts about ourselves and spend...
Jul 20, 20203 min read
My mother died two years ago today.
My mother died two years ago today. I don’t think about her everyday but her imprint is everywhere. She lived her life fueled with...
Dec 7, 20192 min read
The Gambia
Most days I photograph strangers. When I knock, they open the door onto their lives. I try to gain their trust.
Oct 1, 20192 min read
Francesca Woodman
The box that held my friendship with Francesca Woodman is now an open book. For years kept under wraps, it is now titled as an exhibit...
Aug 1, 20192 min read
Beauty Photography
I have never considered myself a “beauty” photographer, yet I have always searched for beauty even when I didn’t know that was what I was...
Jul 1, 20191 min read
A Trip to Coraopolis
I drove out last Friday on a steaming hot morning to Coraopolis, PA., a small community of 5,000 just west of Pittsburgh. I had never been..
Jul 1, 20192 min read
All the Squirrels of Squirrel Hill
I left Pittsburgh long ago, have visited often, but never imagined moving back. REALLY never imagined moving back into the house I grew...
May 1, 20193 min read
Welcome Home
I went to Home Depot last night to get some paper to protect the floors on the move in to the house in Pittsburgh. There was a woman...
May 1, 20193 min read
Where Joy Lives
In the middle of this big move east I have spent a lot of time editing. Editing my wardrobe. Editing my archive. Editing almost...
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