With one 2022 journey behind me and one to come in a couple of weeks it is time to decide which stories to tell and which photographs to include. What is actually worth telling? My experiences in Indian Country were as much about the physical landscape which was in truth stolen land, and the issues …
Sitting by the fire this winter I had plenty of time to think about how to make 2022 a great year for adventure. Two years of not traveling was taking its toll. While I had had about 10 months of documenting commercial fishermen on Long Beach Island I needed to find something more adventurous.The events …
Recently I took a workshop on the visual narrative in order to gain some understanding of how to actually put a group of photographs together for a book/article. This required taking a very critical look at the photos I have been taking for the Jersey Shore Project. The instructors were a former photo editor and …
When I began to formulate the idea of a Jersey Shore project I thought I could capture the essence of the Jersey Shore. I soon realized that there are so many facets to life on the shore that I needed to narrow it down. As I started to spend more and more time at the …
A recent workshop with the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops (on-line) with Aline Smithson opened up to me a whole new world and new way to present my photography. The Jersey Shore Project and the new LBI House Project came more into focus after the workshop. Sometimes we might toss aside a certain photo because by …
When working on a documentary project we can sometimes get lost in single-mindedness. I found this to be the case for The Jersey Shore Project. I was making many trips to the commercial fishing docks and photographing the people and the boats, but on a grand scale. I was neglecting the details and had to …
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