spending time in a brand new environment last week in missoula put me in a unique headspace. as much traveling and dialogue as this career entails many times it can be variations of similar themes. not the fault of anyone it’s the creative dilemma we all face - seeing (and thinking) with new eyes not [...]

TEN is an ongoing serial effort to highlight points of value within a topic without watering anything down or writing a full blown novel. Obviously there are more factors involved with some decisions and less with others. But in a nutshell creatives in general and the world on whole have a tendency to make processes [...]

Cool project coming up from aurora photos out of the other Portland – in maine. (I’m out in pdx and the Oregon coast right now) In celebration of their 15th anniversary the brain trust at this expanding agency has come up with an inclusive project titled action:reaction. It will start this Sunday 6.8 for the [...]

The recent discovery of Robert Capa’s negatives and pending auction of Edward Weston’s work got me thinking about history. Not in general but in terms of photography and one’s personal tie to it. With the changing of the medium I’m curious how history will work out. Will we ever discover a suitcase full of hard [...]

Rather than look back at all the water under the bridge that made up 2007 I’d like to simply say thanks. Thanks to all the clients, assistants, models, athletes, editors, and absolutely everyone else who has made this year the great one it was.
And in that vein, here’s a few ideas of what 2008 may [...]

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For anyone still doubting the power of processors and pixels to affect our collective view of the world here is yet more evidence. As if the old Dove video isn’t enough here’s a slightly more tech approach to the ongoing issue of resizing images to fit not only the various monitor formats but the plehtora [...]