I have a strange and addictive drive to take photographs of movies and shows that I watch on the television. I realized today that I have a substantial photo set collection of a wide and peculiar variety of programs over the years. The whole idea of taking photographs is to freeze a moment in order to relive and appreciate the emotion, beauty and energy of our experiences in life. Movies (moving pictures) are millions of these moments strung together for a similar purpose. The experience of reliving a photographic moment …

I moved from Detroit to a neighborhood called Roxborough in Philadelphia when I was ten. This was a very hard-nosed, working class area where fist-fights were a way of life and loyalty was paramount. My neighborhood in Detroit was in much worse condition than the new neighborhood in Philly but there was not this over-arching element of angry, violent behavior. The people I got beat up by most? My friends. Craziness. The flip of this was that your friends, as inter-violent as they were, had your back through anything. They …

On the last day of our trip home we wanted to check out an open-air art piece called The Heidelberg Project. To put it simply, it is a collection of found items, painted houses and augmented scenery that exists on a few streets in East Detroit created by local resident and artist Tyree Guyton. It was an amazing sight and a must-see for anyone who visits Detroit. The project had made a decent amount of press so I had read quite a bit before visiting and I was expecting a …

A few months ago I saw a photo essay that Time magazine had put together about Detroit and the empty structures that pockmarked the city. There was a photo of a luxurious theater that had closed and was turned into a parking lot in the eighties. I had to find this place and see it for myself.

I grew up in Detroit. Southwest Detroit. I moved to Philly when I was 10 and hadn’t returned to the neighborhood, friends or house that I had left behind. I would visit Detroit a few times a year to visit family but we never went back to the old neighborhood.

Me and the great Matt Scofield have had an eye out for a studio space for a little while. We both needed a space to work bigger and not have to worry about a paint mess, toxic fumes or man dandruff. Thanks to Matt we were able to link up with Bonded Llama Studios and score a basement studio. The location may seem a little rough around the edges but this is exactly what I was looking for. The spot has massive potential for many reasons….. It’s good.
I swung by …