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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New images often appear first in my free monthly newsletter—shared as the work evolves, before some are selected for the web or for print. If you’d like to follow the series as it unfolds, you’re welcome to join.

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  • PORTRAIT
    Maarrow street under an underpass in Portland neighborhood
    Street Of No Return
  • Old brick building on corner of street
    Old Building At The Edge Of Light
  • LANDSCAPE
    Colorful painted side of brick building
    Brick - Colors and Windows
  • PORTRAIT
    Old faded lettering on side of brick building, Bing
    Bing
  • low shot of road, cartoon woman on curb next to painted lucky devil sign
    Lucky Devil
  • Cement tower with white triangular tower on top
    White Tower
  • brick wall with multitude of grey shades
    Wall Textures, Shades and Light
  • phosphorescent colors of graffiti
    Shimmering
  • LANDSCAPE
    abandoned cement factory in Portland
    Nervon
  • PORTRAIT
    Colorful painted graffiti on cement wall in portland
    Colors Two
  • LANDSCAPE
    Deep brown rusted metal, graffiti and barbed wire in front
    Barb Wired
  • PORTRAIT
    Abandoned Cement Plant
    Abandoned Cement Plant
    This Portland neighborhood —Hosford-Abernethy has colorful, abundant displays of graffiti as you can see in some of these related images. This plant is at the start of of a nearly 20 mile bike trail.
  • 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