worth a thousand words.. March 16, 2010

i don’t want to be rude, but christ, i’m tired of people talking about their art. explaining it. dissecting it, filing it in very specific “genres”, giving you deep psycho/sociological reasons why they’re taking the same photo everyone else in their college course is taking. shut up and just do it. that’s what it’s all [...]

spring sprunging March 8, 2010

i feel like winter went by fast as hell this year. maybe it’s because i wasn’t working my usual 8-hours-in-the-snow shifts at the daycare like the last four years.. whatever it is, i’m happy as hell. yesterday was an exercise in laying out in the sun and playing. also finally watched zombieland. a+! saw the [...]

chalk roses March 8, 2010

today was an awesome sunday. look, something for the drunks and crackkheads to stare at!

self on concrete March 4, 2010

eight years ago i started smoking (camels, then pall mall for a good piece), and as much as i love it, and has much as the habit has bled into my photography (not only in front of the lens, but editing photos for me means pouring a stiff drink and sitting down to puff through [...]

white christmas January 5, 2010

well, hello and happy holidays to you, (moderately) faithful readers. a snowstorm forced me off the face of the planet, apparently. day after christmas, we woke up to this:and had to call our only friend with a 4×4 jeep to come pick us up for breakfast. us? oh yes, my ” big brother” eric surprised [...]

13th & douthitt November 30, 2009

“A neighbor of McKnight’s, Brian, who asked that his last name not be disclosed, said he was grilling hamburgers in his front yard when he heard children yelling. He stepped away from the grill to look into Central Park where he saw 40 to 50 people, mostly men, throwing punches while others watched. McKnight had [...]

my hood November 18, 2009

last night, i watched a house halfway down the block burn down. i’ve never really seen a house truly consumed by fire before. which is odd, considering there have been at least six arsons in my nieghborhood in so many months. (maybe eight. i remember seeing a map on the wall on our trip to [...]

5th & kansas ave October 18, 2009

sunday night in alma KS October 5, 2009

took a little impromptu trip to alma, kansas last night. cheese curds! corn! grain! antiques! beautiful drive out there. i always have so much fun squawking around with jmac. it’s nice having someone watch your back when you’re laying cheek-down against the asphalt middle of main street trying to get a good angle. of course [...]

512 & 514 harrison st. 66603 October 2, 2009

i have lived in the same neighborhood, off and on (not counting that ohio stint and the occasional miserable lease across town), for almost nine years. i love central/downtown topeka for what it is–a dead village populated by meth heads, arsonists and obnoxious kids who think the street is a playground. i couldn’t tell you [...]