Wander

About The Wander series:
I’ve always been a wanderer. I feel most at home off the beaten path—on quiet streets, open fields, and tucked-away corners of the world. Wander is my living journal of what I notice and what stays with me. The series isn’t tied to any specific place or time. It’s more a state of mind—an openness to what I see and feel around me. I respond by taking a picture. The first question is always the same: what is it here that pulls me in?

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That decision—to stop, to look, to frame—is an act of acknowledgement. How close should I move? What belongs inside the frame, and what must be left out? Much of that choice rests on instinct. I make these photographs with my iPhone, then spend considerable time editing and refining them—shaping tone, light, and atmosphere so the images can stand on their own, whether viewed on the screen or as finished archival prints. It’s a slow process, rooted in craft and attention. Most images I select remain part of the ongoing journal. A small number of those become archival pigment prints. If I’m fortunate, what remains is something enduring—images that serve as vestiges of a life once lived. Below is a growing collection of photographs from the Wander Series. You can browse the work in a lightbox, filter by interest (on tablet and desktop}, and follow the project as it continues to evolve.

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  • a variety of colors and textures on this brick wall and shades of grey on a portion of attached plywood.
    You OK, Man?
    A young man, perhaps in his early 20's saw me—an old man photographing this decrepit wall next to a tire store where presumably he worked, who, in a snarky voice yelled out: are you ok, man? I did answer once but not the second time, when he crooned: are you sure? I thought as I walked by after taking my picture, he did not have even an inkling of what I saw and yet he had me all pegged as some type of crazy. Youth!
  • LANDSCAPE
    A brick wall covered in partial shade with shimmers of light casting a blue and yellow light
    Palace Wall - Two
  • An old mexican drive up restaurant with faded menu sign next to bathroom door.
    Not Open For Business - Mexican Drive Through Restraurant
  • PORTRAIT
    Contrasty black and white image of a device on a wall: do not break seal
    Do Not Break Seal
  • Across the street, a view of a stark black lamppole against a white wall
    Across The Street
  • R.I.P. Graffiti wall with a sidewalk view to the street, a remnant carrying bag lying forloin in the middle of the sidewalk.
    R.I.P.
    Where I began one of my Wander excursions for the day.
  • Empty lot with cracked concrete and strong filtered light across side of old concrete walled building
    Empty Lot
  • Corporate office building in partial sun in an earlier era
    Corporate Office
  • Wall of textures with a sharp mix of yellow and blue color tonalities
    Textures and Light
  • Wall of peeling brown paint amidst a patch of blue sky with puffy diffuse clouds
    Texture and Sky
  • Blue wall below yellow textured wall with sunlit glass blocks
    Light and Texture
  • Danger Elevator Hoist Way Sign in paneled window
    Danger Elevator Hoist Way
  • Narrow hallway off city street -Bunk Bar Sign Down Hallway
    Bunk Bar
  • LANDSCAPE
    Blue on aged and sand stained red brick wall
    Blue On Red Brick
  • PORTRAIT
    Aero Automatic Fire Alarm on Wall
    Aero Automatic Fire Alarm
  • LANDSCAPE
    Light and Shadow -Wander Series
    Light and Shadow
    A rich panoply of black and white to grey and the patterns that occur. In my subconscious, I feel it's almost a sound stage with a microphone on the top, far left.
  • Blor
    Blor
  • PORTRAIT
    High Wire Artists - Fred Gerendasy Photography
    High Wire Artists
  • George M Schnee-Mitchell Oregon-1200
    George M Schnee-Mitchell Oregon-1200
  • LANDSCAPE
    Fence And Cloud
    Fence And Cloud
  • Green
    Green
    On the side of a dumpster.