#DadPOV
This is Jackson looking out on an icey mountain this morning.
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PHOTOGRAPHER.AUTHOR
- Jan 25, 2021
- 1 min
Our kids are measuring us, too.
One of the first things we do when our children are born is measure them. How much do they weigh?
- Jan 24, 2021
- 1 min
“I am feeling like a Jackson Pollock painting.”
Asher and I are watching a video of Thelonius Monk’s hands playing up close.
- Jan 20, 2021
- 2 min
The POET!
Maybe we should all stay a bit more hydrated while we dry out our socks.
- Jan 15, 2021
- 2 min
“You stop imagining”
“Dad. Imagine you are stuck in a metal box that is super hard to get out of. How do you get out?”
- Dec 7, 2020
- 2 min
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan sold all of his songs today. His songs are a house he has been building for 60 years. There are over 600 rooms in that house....
- Nov 19, 2020
- 1 min
“Childhood Found”
My assignment this past September was to create photographs for a WQED documentary titled, “Childhood Lost.” The film, which premiered...
- Nov 18, 2020
- 1 min
Virtual Learning
Jackson learning "Centerfield" with Shane...virtually. Love the vocals as much as the uke strumming.
- Nov 8, 2020
- 3 min
We All Voted!
I went around the house the other night when it was cold and feeling like winter was settling in. I had bought a small key that lets me...
- Nov 4, 2020
- 2 min
“Dad, people are voting for Donald Trump because he was in Home Alone. I saw it on Tic Tok.”
Asher our 4th grader was so excited on Monday when his 4th literacy class started assigning fiction after a long bout of non-fiction. ...
- Oct 29, 2020
- 2 min
15 years ago today
Stephie and I got married. Then two years later, Jackson was born on this very day. I was barely awake when Stephie whispered, “I am...
- Sep 29, 2020
- 4 min
READ THIS NOW!
I have been trying to write this for a week now. Thomas Friedman got it right. We need to stop all of our posts about ourselves and spend...
- Jul 21, 2020
- 3 min
My mother died two years ago today.
My mother died two years ago today. I don’t think about her everyday but her imprint is everywhere. She lived her life fueled with...
- Dec 7, 2019
- 2 min
The Gambia
Most days I photograph strangers. When I knock, they open the door onto their lives. I try to gain their trust.
- Oct 1, 2019
- 2 min
Francesca Woodman
The box that held my friendship with Francesca Woodman is now an open book. For years kept under wraps, it is now titled as an exhibit...
- Aug 1, 2019
- 2 min
Beauty Photography
I have never considered myself a “beauty” photographer, yet I have always searched for beauty even when I didn’t know that was what I was...
- Jul 1, 2019
- 1 min
A Trip to Coraopolis
I drove out last Friday on a steaming hot morning to Coraopolis, PA., a small community of 5,000 just west of Pittsburgh. I had never been..
- Jul 1, 2019
- 2 min
All the Squirrels of Squirrel Hill
I left Pittsburgh long ago, have visited often, but never imagined moving back. REALLY never imagined moving back into the house I grew...
- May 1, 2019
- 3 min
Welcome Home
I went to Home Depot last night to get some paper to protect the floors on the move in to the house in Pittsburgh. There was a woman...
- May 1, 2019
- 3 min
Where Joy Lives
In the middle of this big move east I have spent a lot of time editing. Editing my wardrobe. Editing my archive. Editing almost...
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