Some of my favorite stories and photographic series
Shale Gas Outrage 2012
My friends at Protecting Our Waters continue to organize against fracking, because we all live downstream…
Airport & Southwest: Recap of final weekend of Fall 2021 walk
Segment 9:Around the airport (Hog Island Road) It’s the final weekend of this fall’s Walk Around Philadelphia and we’re headed into the home stretch, circumnavigating the airport today and then following the creek back up to 61st & Baltimore where I started a few weeks ago. (If you’ve missed the earlier blog posts, you might…
Everyone Is Photogenic: A story from Togo…
Does having a grapefruit-sized tumor on your face mean that you’re not photogenic? Certainly not.
Philadelphia’s Secret Garden: another tunnel trek…
Another exploration of the vast tunnel under Pennsylvania Ave… Some hope to transform this mysterious and magical space into a public park.
Music
Live music – it’s good for the soul.
Lessons from a “failed” Kickstarter
$38,000+ pledged disappeared overnight. Here are a few reflections on the campaign, lessons that I learned, and what might come next.
Dance & Movement
Photographs of some amazing movers & performers…
Feb 2021 Walk Around Philadelphia: Day 3
Pine Rd, the Northeast / Poquessing Creek / Knights Rd… This might be the longest and most ambitious segment of the six-day itinerary, at least for those of us coming from W. Philly / Center City. I was up by 4:15 in order to leave enough time to get ready and make it to the…
Surgical images
WARNING: graphic imagery
First weekend of 10 x 10 Walk complete…
The first weekend of this fall’s 10 x 10 edition of Walk Around Philadelphia is was pretty fantastic. Each route offered surprises, challenges, contrasts and unexpected delights (as expected!) There’s seven more segments open for you to join (Sept 18/19, 25/26/27 and Oct 2/3) alongside an option to organize your own group, so head on…
Feb 2021 Walk Around Philadelphia: Day 4
The Delaware, from Glen Foerd to Pier 68… Day 4 begins where we’d left off, at the Torresdale regional rail station, with a train that was scheduled to get in at 7:09am. There’s more folks joining the walk today, and I’d told those who were intercepting us at Glen Foerd to get there earlier if…
Feb 2021 Walk Around Philadelphia: Day 2
Chestnut Hill zigzag, Cheltenham Ave, Tacony Creek to Fox Chase… Rising early to meet Day Two lets us catch some beautiful early morning light. (I’m not always out and about this early, but it’s always a treat to catch the sunrise, and the walk is a good motivator…) We’re intercepted by Kathy & Chloe who’re…
Yoga project reportback
A beautiful and group of diverse Philadelphians who practice yoga gather to discuss & share their practices…
Walk AROUND Philadelphia
The beginning of an epic pilgrimage around the city’s perimeter. Here’s the story of our first day on the walk…
The Million-Picture Giveaway…
I’ve begun making my archive available to the communities that I’ve photographed for unlimited free high res downloads. Here’s why.
Radical Hospitality
How I learned the right way to make a breakfast burrito. Three hundred times in one morning.
Le Grand Continental
Chasing after a wild dance performance by a citizen ensemble at the foot of the Philadelphia Museum of Art…
An invitation to Interfaith work
“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.
Swirls
Explorations of abstract forms…
March for Rights, Respect & Fair Food – quick reportback
Report back from the 200-mile March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food.
Community Radio
Building low-power radio stations so that we can hear our neighbors…
Feb 2021 Walk Around Philadelphia: Day 6
Heinz Wildlife Refuge, Darby & Cobbs Creek, Mt Moriah Cemetery… The final day of the walk started with a bit of a mad scramble of physical and logistical challenges: The ice storm had continued overnight, and the whole world was coated in ice in the morning. Just walking out the door was a challenge. Getting…
A prison visit… [sort of]
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…
Mercy Ships Screening Day
What does it look like when 4,000 people come seeking medical care all at once?
Fear not the rain…
We’ve had a lot of storms and rain lately, and Philadelphians are probably relieved to see sunshine on the forecast. While I like the sun, I’m always a little bit surprised to see how upset people can be by rain. I was recently shooting in Manayunk, where we had a storm roll through our outdoor…