Archives for October 2009

Some honest feedback

Blake remarked a little while back that it is rare to read negative criticism online, and my observations tend to agree. Imagine my delight, then, when I discovered this. They’re talking about me! And it’s wonderfully negative.

Chris Jordan – Journey to Midway

These devastating photos by Chris Jordan show the effects of pollution on albatross chicks on an island in the north Pacific ocean. Although the images are disturbing, I also find them to be completely mesmerizing.

Patchogue, New York

I haven’t had much free time this past month, and the weather has been pretty lousy, so instead of working on new pictures I’ve been digging around in my archives. I’ve rediscovered a surprising number of images that I passed over the first time around that I have grown to like quite a bit. Here’s another good example.

Humble Arts Foundation has a new website

I’m happy to announce that the Humble Arts Foundation has a new website, and I helped! I did all of the programming on the site, which is built using WordPress. It was a great project, Amani and his team have an amazing vision for the organization, and it is a pleasure to be able to play a part in making that become a reality.

Lost in the archive

Central Park, 2008

I just discovered a couple of rolls of film from 2008 that I developed but never actually looked at. Crazy, right?

These were from around the time I was working on The unified theory of absolutely everything. I’m going to have to go back and see if I missed anything else, and probably re-edit that portfolio.