The series of paintings String Theories begins with a simple premise: everything is connected, although the evidence is rarely conclusive. These paintings occupy the uneasy territory between order and disorder, geometry and gesture, calculation and intuition. Blocks of color establish a kind of architectural framework—rectangles, fields, compartments, planes and boundaries—while…
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The “Analog Revolution” is interesting because it isn’t really a rejection of technology. It’s more like a rebellion against the disappearance of physicality, friction, skill, limitation, and human participation. The things being rediscovered aren’t necessarily “better”—they’re things that became unnecessary, then oddly desirable. Photography and visual arts are probably the…
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The French curve was invented to solve problems, not create them. It is an obedient servant of engineers, architects, and draftsmen—a cold piece of steel that promises perfect, repeatable curves with no surprises and no opinions. It exists to eliminate human error. That seemed like an excellent place to begin.…
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Reflections have a way of challenging certainty. In this architectural composition, suspended mirrored spheres transform the familiar into something quietly mysterious. The surfaces faithfully record their surroundings, yet the reflections refuse to align with what the eye expects. Perspective bends, space compresses, and reality appears to fold in on itself.…
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Night has a way of revealing a world that remains hidden in daylight. In the beam of their flashlights, two men search the branches overhead, scanning for the telltale glint of tree frog eyes. Whether driven by tradition, curiosity, or the thrill of the hunt, they move quietly through the…
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I’m genuinely excited about this project. In many ways, I’ve chosen one of the most demanding combinations available today: a fully mechanical Leica M6 paired with an ultra-fine-grain, ISO 50 black-and-white film. It’s about as far from the “spray and pray” digital workflow as photography can get. What strikes me…
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A few months with a manual rangefinder camera has made the differences between “taking a photograph” and “making a photograph” quite clear. The thought process is more involved, pre-visualization is required, knowledge of photography comes into play and modern DSLR habits come to the front. I have identified something that…
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There’s an interesting idea at the heart of this observation, but it should probably be framed a little differently. To be clear, I don’t think autofocus, autoexposure, subject recognition, and the presence of computational photography have made people less capable of being good photographers. What the modern camera has done…
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One of the reasons the Leica M6 has become almost mythical is that people often describe it as if it has a personality. That may sound strange for a purely mechanical camera, but personality in a camera doesn’t come from electronics—it comes from how it influences your behavior. The M6…
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