Category: personal
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Every year, I make a photo book for my family. It started as a Christmas present for my mom when our eldest was a year old. According to these books, our calendar year runs from October 14th to October 14th—even though three other family members have birthdays that aren’t on October 14th. But since our…
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2024 is the Year of the Dragon. “A year that encourages us to be ambitious, creative, and strong in facing challenges. By setting big goals, being imaginative, staying resilient, building good connections, and balancing our efforts, we can make this year successful.” I hope so because this is also the year that… Arann turns 5.0…
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When the new year started my family and I talked about where we wanted to go as a family in 2023. Both Arann and Ally said New Orleans. I remembered Fibershed, a nonprofit I have photographed for since 2010, has an affiliate program in Louisiana, so I reached out to see if I could document…
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Today is our first Arloversary without Arlo. His chapter in our life was as significant as they come. Obama was just elected president and Arann and I were just married. A year later Arann was hit by a drunk driver. The year after that our first baby was born at home, with Arlo’s help. And…
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In September of 2017, on the cusp of my fortieth birthday, I set a new decade resolution to spend more time with my ninety-three year old grandfather. As a documentary photographer, with an interest in communities, I asked my grandfather if he’d like to do a portrait and interview project in his retirement community. My…
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One of my new year goals was to reduce our family consumption, especially of plastic, and then we went to Mexico, where it seemed we were more dependent on plastic than ever. Here is what I learned…. Seductive plastic playgrounds may not be as sexy up close, unless you like holes in your slides. But…
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I did the Top Nine photo generator on Instagram, but I didn’t agree with the photos it chose, so I picked my own.These Top Nine (plus one) aren’t photos that other people “liked” best. They are not photos that an algorithm deemed worthy enough to show other people. They are not photos that I was…
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…so you don’t hear the whining and fighting from the 5.75 and 3 year-old boys who were tagging along on our last-minute Fourth of July escape to Mendocino County. My hope is that these peaceful and calm photos (with my patented no whining kid filter) will eventually reshape our memories, so we remember ourselves as…
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Holy Jenga, the sun came up on a new year. (After 2016, I wasn’t so sure it would.) But the last thing we need is another blog post about how bad things were in 2016. I figure, since most of our history books are filled with one-sided perspectives, and those perspectives aren’t always very factual……
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Two years ago, I started this blog post: Welcome to the world baby, Alistair Henry Harris… We waited a long time for you to arrive. A long, long time. And you didn’t come how we expected… But you eventually came, all whopping 10.2lbs of you. Everyone was excited to meet you, but no one more…
somewhere between a handshake and two kisses 