In December I visited Georgia’s famed Confederate Memorial, Stone Mountain. Carved into the granite is a relief sculpture of the much celebrated traitors Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis. The mountain used to be a pilgrimage spot for the KKK, but from what it said in the museum,
In 2010, Artist Carl Pope worked with students of the Mural Arts Program to create 25 Billboards for North Philadelphia businesses. Clear Channel donated ad space from Wayne Junction to Delaware Ave and I spent several days and 150+ miles of driving tracking down and photographing them. For years I’ve
Here’s a dark and uncomfortably voyeuristic photo of a woman, alone decorating her office Christmas tree. Feel free to unpack the additional layers of meaning that make this photo so depressing. Happy Holidays.
Every photographer in Philadelphia has a bunch of photos of the old State Building at Broad and Spring Garden. Here’s another one. Texture, symmetry, scale and simplicity… it’s just so damn appealing. I love it for the same reason I love the giant, plain stark pylons that hold up Route
Here’s a little Toynbee Tile theory for everyone out there. With a few exceptions, Toynbee tiles typically appear in areas of the greatest population density… central business districts of large cities, highways and rest stops. Of course I’ve considered that only tiles in these areas get noticed and reported, but
