Learn to love the body you have conditioned yourself to hate
Be guided by a second golden rule, no more or less important than the first: Speak to yourself as you would speak to others. We have all heard some variation of the […]
What comprises the ‘perfect’ photograph?
Despite decades of taking pictures, I don’t know if I’ve seen (let alone taken) a perfect photograph. After all, perfection is a rarely achieved goal. How often is perfection attained in any […]
Photography may have saved my life
One of the symptoms of depression is an addiction to rumination. The vicious cycle of negative thinking that strips us of energy and desire. It is precisely our obsession with working out […]
From idea to print: the artistic process of Anders Thyr
My friend Anders Thyr is an extremely talented illustrator and designer, and I’m quite a fan of his work. His ongoing Weltschmerz Bears series, for instance, manages to be both whimsical and deeply […]
Breakers: Ballard Locks, Seattle
@Large leap of faith: will justice prevail?
The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill. – Ai Weiwei First […]