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Annex House

February 23, 2012

A few years back, I was present and with camera during the rise and fall of the Annex House, which was covered by a number of Dallas publications. The best article is Dick Sullivan’s for D Magazine, because he was there too. Annex House was part of a season of life that helped me reintegrate into [...]

JFK: The Lost Bullet

November 18, 2011

I worked as a researcher, production assistant and set photographer for the Nat Geo documentary “JFK: The Lost Bullet,” which airs this Sunday at 9:00pm. It was a great learning experience that introduced me to some wonderful folks. You can see some of the stills I snapped behind the scenes here.

A Note from Author John Graves

September 16, 2011

John Graves, from a personal letter: “To grow up among tradition-minded people leads one often into the backward yearnings and regrets, unprofitable feelings of which I was granted my share in youth-not having been born in time to get killed fighting Yankees, for one, or not having ridden up the cattle trails. But the only [...]

Portrait: Brady Williams

March 22, 2011

“Something special is going to happen,” Brady said. “I feel like we are on the verge of it now.” “Yea?” I said, “Doesn’t everyone feel that way?” “I don’t think so. Most people live day to day. I’ve been in friendships and relationships where the people around me didn’t want what I want.” “What is [...]

Bird

November 12, 2010

Behind the cracked glass door of a small, inconspicuous bookshop, Bird sat in his favorite chair and looked out on the street. A herd of armored vehicles passed and the view filled with dust. “It wasn’t always like this here, you know,” Bird said of his country. “I know,” I said. Bird was like a [...]

Inside Out

September 29, 2010

The shells of broken down trucks ran parrallel to the mountains, and a corridor of shanty shacks formed the center of town where the rusted scrap metal and truck parts came to an end. The men, stonefaced and suspicious, stood motionless in their shops and stared as I passed. The mud walls cracked in the sun and shop entrances were dark and uninviting. I walked cautiously.  I felt their heads [...]

I don’t know why

September 28, 2010

Late at night, you can blink twice and still not miss the shooting stars. They burn with tails fat and full and purple tinted. The mountains breathe in the black, a tangible thing you can feel, and in them, far away, a man is walking. He has a flashlight in his hand and the light [...]

Here, at night, is it safe?

September 26, 2010

There is a hesitance in everything I do here, everyone I meet, every step I take. Whether warranted or not, it’s still palpable. Beneath every smile and every welcome I receive, beneath the warm sun and the shallow mountain streams, something runs deep and cold. And I somehow feel I owe this country something because [...]

Are You Married or Single?

September 24, 2010

“You are married or single?” the grizzled man says in Russian. He does not speak anything but Russian, serving as pastor of the Russian Baptist church in Dushanbe,  a historically large community near the grand bazaar. Maya, his beautiful translator, speaks just about everything you need to speak in Tajikistan. “You are married or single?” [...]

There’s Good and Bad Everywhere

September 16, 2010

When you arrive to a place for the first time, there is a reckoning. The magic wears off and beneath the discarded wonder is a place as real as any other. There is a violence to the way your imagination can be suddenly stripped away, and some places survive it better than others. Today, I [...]

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