Frame The Journey
A travel journal capturing the essence of photographic experiences, with a focus on the journey and less on the drama.
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COMING HOME BEFORE LEAVING AGAIN (opens the original)
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August, for me, almost always means the same thing: going back to Sicily.Over the years I’ve tried traveling during this time too, but I never really enjoyed it. Too many people, higher prices, and places that somehow lose part of what they normally are. In the end, I always prefer doing the opposite and going back home.It has become a sort of annual ritual for me.This year even domestic flights to Sicily were very expensive, so I decided to drive down instead. Many hours heading south, until I
AUGUST NOTES (opens the original)
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I originally thought about sharing every new episode of my Appalachia video series through this newsletter. But then I realized I probably shouldn’t fill your inbox every time something new comes out. So, in the middle of what has been an especially hot Italian August, I thought it would be a good time for a quick recap of the past few weeks.Apparent Death keeps growingAs you’ve probably seen from the photographs and YouTube previews I’ve shared, I’ve released a few more episodes of Apparent Dea
WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN HERE (opens the original)
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The second episode of Apparent Death is now out.In this chapter, I continue my journey through Eastern Kentucky, meeting people and trying to understand Appalachia beyond the image that has been built around it for decades.One of those people is Dee Parker.Meeting Dee opened another side of this story for me.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZXTA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2F
VIDEO-DOCUMENTING APPALACHIA (opens the original)
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For the past year, I have been traveling through Appalachia, photographing places, landscapes, and people as part of Apparent Death, my ongoing large format photographic project.While I was working with the 4×5 camera, something else was quietly taking shape. (thanks, Angelica, my camera girl!)I started filming.Not with the intention of making a traditional BTS video, but to preserve everything that exists around a photograph: the roads, the waiting, the voices, the unexpected encounters, and th
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