PinnedPublished inPhotoCuriousReasons to photographIn 1946, editors of Gangrel magazine asked a selection of writers to explain why they bothered writing. Out of that assignment came one of…Jun 24, 2019Jun 24, 2019
PinnedHey documentarians, AI can go stuff itIt almost makes me pine for the good old days when photographers discussed merits of camera bags, straps, megapixels, resolution…May 12, 2023May 12, 2023
Making of a documentaryI recently made a radio documentary on urban forests and our relationship with trees and, while it’s still fresh in my mind, I thought I…Dec 15, 2021Dec 15, 2021
Published inPhotoCuriousRiver Walks and where Documentary Project Ideas Come FromA friend of mine who teaches at the local journalism school asks me, every November, to come and speak to his class about documentary…Feb 12, 20212Feb 12, 20212
Published inPhotoCuriousPhotography, ethics, politics…The photographs were excellent. The issues they brought to light important and universal. The presentation and the talk was interesting…Dec 14, 20201Dec 14, 20201
Published inPhotoCuriousRevisiting islandsThis June, in my day job, I was supposed to host an academic conference on small islands. Like everything else on the planet, that got…May 17, 20201May 17, 20201
Published inPhotoCuriousTalking PicturesThere is a power in a few still photographs and a story well-told. The curious thing is that photographers seem to be rediscovering and…Dec 3, 2019Dec 3, 2019
Published inPhotoCuriousPlace and Stimmung…Between 2009 and 2014 I was somewhat forced to become a landscape photographer. As I was working on my graduate degree in geography, a…Jun 13, 20191Jun 13, 20191
Back to the rivers…I have now lived by an ocean for 20 years and I am not sure I could live anywhere else except on a seashore. My entire childhood, though…Jun 10, 2019Jun 10, 2019
On FerryboatsThe ribbed, rusty, steel-plate ramp scrapes along a concrete ferry dock and the journey begins.Nov 17, 2017Nov 17, 2017
