Stories & Series

Lee had only just proposed that morning, and then Amy found out that the wedding would happen that very same day. She got married on two hours notice, and it was amazing. Here’s the whole story……

WARNING: graphic imagery

An amazing shoot on the Schuylkill river in preparation for choreographer Alie Vidich's 'Invisible River' performance...

Medical work in the Dominican Republic and Honduras.

A bit of photo gadget geekery alongside some portraits of engineers in Togo...

$38,000+ pledged disappeared overnight. Here are a few reflections on the campaign, lessons that I learned, and what might come next.

Here's one of my recipes for community building... It's not top secret; please go right ahead and replicate or adapt it for your own neighborhood. I guarantee nourishing results.

Chasing after a wild dance performance by a citizen ensemble at the foot of the Philadelphia Museum of Art...

Explorations of abstract forms...

Studies in movement & nature

"Religion" & "Faith" are complex topics, and it's often hard to have productive conversations with people whose beliefs differ from our own. Here are some folks who've figured it out.

Live music – it's good for the soul.

Does having a grapefruit-sized tumor on your face mean that you're not photogenic? Certainly not.

Another exploration of the vast tunnel under Pennsylvania Ave... Some hope to transform this mysterious and magical space into a public park.

One weekend invitation that shaped the course of my life... along with a story about work that is shaping our culture and our country.

Report back from the 200-mile March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food.

Images from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' Campaign for Fair Food

Images from travels in a vast land…

When I started photographing the Fringe Festival in 2003, I found the folks getting things done backstage to be as compelling as the performers in the spotlight...

What does it look like when 4,000 people come seeking medical care all at once?

The beginning of an epic pilgrimage around the city's perimeter. Here's the story of our first day on the walk...

My friends at Protecting Our Waters continue to organize against fracking, because we all live downstream...

Building low-power radio stations so that we can hear our neighbors...

Photographs of some amazing movers & performers...

A tunnel beneath the city,
a canyon between the buildings &
a meadow over the rooftops...

A beautiful and group of diverse Philadelphians who practice yoga gather to discuss & share their practices...

I've begun making my archive available to the communities that I've photographed for unlimited free high res downloads. Here's why.

Philadelphians who love to dance – a few images from the series.

How I learned the right way to make a breakfast burrito. Three hundred times in one morning.

Here's a story about trying to support a friend who was incarcerated. The system seems pretty broken; I'm grateful to those who are working to fix it...