Eye on I: Projections of a Photographer
A Seattle-based photographer using his camera to find what words alone can't reach — beauty, grief, solitude, community, and the hidden life of forgotten places and people.
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Words for a Great Man (opens the original)
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His name was Bê Vӑn Nguyễn, but the city knew him by the name on the window of the small tailor shop he kept for 40 years, Adam Taylor. Everyone knew Adam Taylor. In early May, 2019 I took my first photograph of his shop. It would take me me a few weeks to get the nerve, but by the end of that month I approached him for permission to photograph inside his shop. He didn’t hesitate saying yes, and each year since, I visited him at least twice with my camera. One day last year, his shop was suddenl
What Summer Remains (opens the original)
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First Shoegazing, now FIFAgazing at our World Cup gathering in June. Seattle.1<img alt=
Missive XIII: A Must-See Movie and a Must-Discard Photobook (opens the original)
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I’m devoting this week’s Missive to a movie filmed by an incredible cinematographer, and a $90 (new, retail price) photo book I found in a used bookstore that I regret buying and hope the bookseller agrees to take back from me. I’ll swallow the loss, but I’ll be better off.Let’s start with the movie.Photoflick: April — with cinematography by Arseni Khachaturan <a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9-1y!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsu
Human DJs & the Etymology of Shoe-Gazing, Complete with Photos by a Human Photographer (opens the original)
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A Thought Experiment in Yellow (opens the original)
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