Category Archives: Photo Essay

A few years back, my friends found a steamer trunk filled with old photos next to a trash can in Baltimore. I obsessively scanned everything in it. I only started uploading them to my flickr last night though. Lots of … Continue reading →

Two weeks later and I’m in the opposite corner of the country. On one of the coldest days of the year, my friend and I left Ithaca, NY to go to Taughannock Falls on Cayuga Lake. Okay, it wasn’t very … Continue reading →

The desert called and I returned to Slab City. This time, I filled my car up with punx and we went to “the mud pots”, a geothermal spot with bubbling clay. It wasn’t long before most of us were covered … Continue reading →

Occupy Santa Cruz, in San Lorenzo park, was told that everyone had to clear out by 5 or 6 on December 7th. I showed up to support in case the police came in to arrest people. But of course, as … Continue reading →

There’s been this gross dead corner lot in Santa Cruz for the past however many years, one decorated only by mulch and drug paraphernalia. So last weekend people turned it into a small park, to the immediate joy of other … Continue reading →

I went up the 1 with some friends at the lowest tide of the year to play on the beach, explore sea caves, and pick mussels. Well, I didn’t pick mussels really, but my omnivorous friends did. Anyhow, we got … Continue reading →

I went down to Big Sur to get out of town for a few days. We camped near the ocean and then clambered down to Jade Cove. We picked through pebbles looking for jade. Me and all my clothes got … Continue reading →

On the morning of 11-11-11 I woke up a bit late to the “oh crap cops are arresting people” text and made it down to the occupation after the police had left. But dawn was upon us so I went … Continue reading →

On Wednesday I went out with two of my friends (one of whom is a dog, the other a human) to see the redwoods in Felton, California. Was just what I needed. Tweet

The Salton Sea is bizarre. It’s so bizarre that the documentary about it is narrated by John Waters. I didn’t get to explore any of the abandoned towns nearby (well, unless Niland and Slab City count…) but we stopped by … Continue reading →