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A black-sand coastline at dusk under a violet sky, with low cliffs receding into mist.

Iceland: Long Light · Landscape

The Long Light

In May the sun on Heimaey barely sets. It crosses the horizon, dims for an hour, and starts climbing again. Two weeks of that light changed how I expose for shadows for the rest of the year.

· 12 min read

A close-cropped portrait of a woman in her sixties looking directly at the camera, soft window light from the left.

Faces of the Borough · Portrait

Faces of the Borough

A 4×5 view camera, a single roll-up backdrop, and one block of 5th Avenue in Sunset Park. Twelve portraits in three hours, and a long conversation about what a neighborhood actually is.

· 9 min read

A car interior lit from above by a single bare bulb, mechanic's arm reaching across the dashboard, surrounding garage in deep shadow.

Night Shift · Urban

Night Shift

A 24-hour body shop on Bruckner Boulevard, lit like a film set by sodium lamps and one bare halogen. Seven nights, three thousand frames, and a working portrait of the second-shift city.

· 11 min read

A weathered beach cottage on stilts seen from below, with the bottom-floor walls torn away and the surviving upper floor framed against an overcast sky.

After the Storm · Documentary

After the Storm

I went to the Outer Banks six weeks after Hurricane Lila made landfall expecting to make pictures of damage. I came back with pictures of repair — and a hundred conversations about what the next storm will mean.

· 14 min read

A dense temperate-rainforest interior in heavy fog, tall mossy trunks fading into white, a single shaft of light angling through.

Quiet Mornings · Landscape

Quiet Mornings

Twenty mornings between November and February, twenty short walks at the edge of the same forest. A small landscape series about staying in one place long enough to see it change.

· 7 min read

A dim wood-paneled bar interior with two regulars on stools, the bartender pouring a beer, light from a single warm pendant lamp.

Last Call · Documentary

Last Call

The Empire Tavern in Greenpoint closed on October 30, 2025, after seventy-eight years on the same corner. I spent the final six months photographing the regulars and the room.

· 13 min read