In March, as our world contracted because of Covid-19, daily walks became something of a lifeline. It was the only structure in our days, but it was also an exercise in seeing. Suddenly we were relishing details we’d never noticed before. My wife Marla proposed a goal, to walk every block of our city, Lancaster,…
New recent published work from Guatemala for the relief and development agency, Mennonite Central Committee. The project focused on documenting their support of an after school tutoring program and women’s cooperative groups.
Some recently published work… The Fall 2015 issue of A Common Place magazine. Earlier this year, I traveled to Eastern Congo to photograph students and schools in the refugee camps for the quarterly magazine of Mennonite Central Committee. The two decade long war in Congo has been referred to as the deadliest conflict since World…
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a week long workshop in Santa Fe taught by editorial celebrity portrait photographer Chris Buck. His work is seen in Wired, The New Yorker, GQ, and Esquire, among other places. Chris has this amazing ability to work with people who are guarded and conscious of their image. He’s…
A conference room might possibly be the worst location ever for a portrait shoot. It’s often a drab and dismal place with no storytelling elements, no context, and you’re fighting the bright florescent lights overhead. But sometimes you have to work with what you got. I was again faced with this situation during a day…