Some of my favorite stories and photographic series
Dance & Movement
Photographs of some amazing movers & performers…
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.
Feb 2021 Walk Around Philadelphia: Day 5
The Navy Yard, Platt Bridge, Hog Island. We’d arrived back at Pier 68 before 7am in hopes of a sunrise over the river, but this morning was overcast. The forecast was calling for a potential ice storm hitting in the ~1pm range, and we were hoping it would hold off long enough for us to…
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…
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…
March for Rights, Respect & Fair Food – quick reportback
Report back from the 200-mile March for Rights, Respect and Fair Food.
The Engineers (or, how Sugru-powered magnetic flash mounts help prove that everyone is photogenic…)
A bit of photo gadget geekery alongside some portraits of engineers in Togo…
The Fringe Technicians – Everyone Is Photogenic
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…
Shale Gas Outrage 2012
My friends at Protecting Our Waters continue to organize against fracking, because we all live downstream…
Surgical images
WARNING: graphic imagery
Everyone Is Photogenic: A story from Togo…
Does having a grapefruit-sized tumor on your face mean that you’re not photogenic? Certainly not.
Swirls
Explorations of abstract forms…
My first Truth Tour – Everyone Is Photogenic
One more trip down memory lane for JJ Tiziou Photography’s 10yr anniversary… That last post told you about how an invitation to document the creation of an LPFM radio station for a farmworker community in Florida first plugged me into the community media movement; this post is about how I got involved with the Coalition…
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.
Radical Hospitality
How I learned the right way to make a breakfast burrito. Three hundred times in one morning.
Music
Live music – it’s good for the soul.
We made it! The February 2021 Walk Around Philadelphia is complete…
I set out on February 7th for my 6th annual (and 7th total) pilgrimage around the city’s edge. One week later, after ~110 miles through snow and ice, detours and discoveries, setbacks and surprises, challenges and connections, I found my way back to the beginning, yet again amazed by the wonder of this city, and…
Radio-activism: Everyone Is Photogenic
One weekend invitation that shaped the course of my life… along with a story about work that is shaping our culture and our country.
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…
Le Grand Continental
Chasing after a wild dance performance by a citizen ensemble at the foot of the Philadelphia Museum of Art…
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…
Invisible River – preview!
An amazing shoot on the Schuylkill river in preparation for choreographer Alie Vidich’s ‘Invisible River’ performance…
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…
Philadelphia’s secret garden…
A tunnel beneath the city,
a canyon between the buildings &
a meadow over the rooftops…
Delaware days: Recap of 3rd weekend of Fall 2021 walk.
Segment 6:Torresdale towards Bridesburg We started off this weekend’s iteration of Walk Around Philadelphia having already walked halfway ’round the city, from 61st & Baltimore up Cobbs Creek, along City Ave, up the Schuylkill and around Chestnut Hill all the way to Fox Chase (recap of first 3 days) and then all the way around…