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2015, it was a warm night in August. I had just arrived at the 13th Street dorms in one of those overpriced cabs that wave you down right when you exit JFK. On my way over the Williamsburg Bridge, I saw the city skyline and I felt grown up and excited. The air was sticky when I pulled my duffel out of the trunk and...

There are multiple aspects I appreciate about things. For one, I appreciate how things appear. I might enjoy the composition, color, sentence structure, or texture of a thing. But the appearance of a thing alone is rarely enough for me to really enjoy it. Many of the things I decided to furnish my apartment with are...

There are multiple aspects I appreciate about things. For one, I appreciate how things appear. I might enjoy the composition, color, sentence structure, or texture of a thing. But the appearance of a thing alone is rarely enough for me to really enjoy it. Many of the things I decided to furnish my apartment with are...

This is an updated version of my 2018 essay for Fstoppers.A couple of years ago, while still at photo school, I wrote an essay about ethics in photography. It was largely based on interviews with Graham MacIndoe, a documentary photographer and professor of mine, and Joey Lawrence, a commercial photographer with a...

This is an updated version of my 2018 essay for Fstoppers.A couple of years ago, while still at photo school, I wrote an essay about ethics in photography. It was largely based on interviews with Graham MacIndoe, a documentary photographer and professor of mine, and Joey Lawrence, a commercial photographer with a...