I am terrible at blogging | Japan in Black and White (October 2016)

I will be first to admit that I am terrible at updating my blog. I used to have plenty of time to write and rant about my life, and, indeed, I had several blogs that I kept up starting in high school. Recently, I’ve taken to ranting more than writing, and, I’ll admit, it makes […]

New York, New York (in BW)

There are some books that are written out of order– they start somewhere in the middle and piece together the various strands of the story into a woven tapestry of scenes, pictures, and images. Not every moment is recorded, and not every scene is explained, but it all becomes one cohesive whole at the end […]

Embarking on a Black and White Journey

For those of you who follow me on Instagram in addition to this blog, you already know that, starting January 1 of this year, I started on a new project. Yes, my friends– I am now shooting in all black and white. And I am not talking about just converting select color photos to black and white, but […]

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

These are my brothers. We hang out. We have a good time. We look alike. Our favorite pastime is sending awkwardly close-up selfies to each other in group texts. The one on the left is older. The one on the right is younger. I’m the oldest. The youngest just turned 21. So they came to […]

James Turrell: “we are dwellers at the bottom of the ocean of air.”

James Turrell is a master of light. … We went to the de Young in San Francisco to check out the Ed Ruscha exhibit a couple months ago. We had tickets to see the museum, too, and we were excited to explore properly. A friend of mine was married at the de Young years ago, […]