Migration west

After spending three years in New York, I recently moved to Seattle with my partner, Lauren Frohne. The journey west was a long one involving multiple trips between Seattle and Brooklyn and a 10-day Southwest camping and hiking trip in the middle of driving cross-country. Though we officially moved Nov. 1, 2014, I have only spent about…

great california road trip #6

After a long day driving down cloudy route 395 the sun began setting low enough to shine under the clouds. Lauren and I saw a beautiful streak of light painted horizontally across the mountains to our East. As we were driving through Bishop, California, I excitedly turned down a side street and sped towards the…

Here is New York #8 – 09.14.2013

Lauren and I usually try to celebrate our birthdays by traveling somewhere nearby. For her birthday last September, we drove to the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. We brought our bikes and stayed at an AirBnB. I’ve spent my whole life around large bodies of water, but the sheer volume of water flowing over the…

great california road trip #5

Having never been to a hot spring, we made a stop after visiting Bodie at this undeveloped hot spring.  We had the small pool to ourselves for an hour or so. The spring is surrounded by mountains and it was a wonderful way to relax before getting back on the road for a couple more…

great california road trip #4

We took a slight detour off of highway 395 to visit the ghost town of Bodie. After driving down about 13 miles of dirt road we reached the abandoned town that is now minimally maintained by some sort of state parks organization. From what I gather, the town experienced a couple of fires, and circa…

Here is New York #6 and #7 – 07.29.2013 / 07.31.2013

Maybe I should start calling this series “Here is Brooklyn Bridge.” My regular bike route home brings me over the Brooklyn Bridge as the sun begins to set and I usually take a few minutes to take in the view and see what people are doing. The man was letting people carry, or wear, his…

can't stop, won't stop

I’ve been shooting a lot lately. Below are some, but not all of what’s been going, and others are out-takes from assignments. Betty Bigombe, a former minister of Uganda and peace negotiator, delivers her keynote speech Thursday discussing her mediations between the Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel group led by Joseph Kony, and the Ugandan…