9 November, 2026
Room 904 – My Photo of the Year 2026
In April, we spent several days in Butte, Montana, staying in the hotel room Robert Frank occupied while he was traveling the country, making the photographs that became his lan...
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30 July, 2026
Robert Frank’s Disappearing New York Neighborhood
Above: 7 Bleecker Street: With the property sold, workers remove the last possessions of Robert Frank and June Leaf After my recent 35mmc article, describing our April trip to B...
16 May, 2026
One More “Robert Frank in Butte, Montana” Story
Not long after my wife, Darby, and I returned from last summer’s Portland-to-St. Louis road trip — which included one night at the Finlen Hotel in Butte — I started thinking how...
22 January, 2026
5 (ish) Frames with a Pentax 17 – The Much-Maligned Camera that might just be my Favorite
In the year-and-a-half since Ricoh released their Pentax half-frame camera, much has been written about its design, about the company hitting the pause button on their film came...
24 December, 2025
Oh, hey – My Favorite(d) Photo of 2025
I don’t know if this is my favorite photo of 2025, but it certainly received the most “likes” on Flickr, which — for me, at least — are harder to come by than those on Instagram...
30 October, 2025
Robert Frank’s Leica (Well, Close)
After our recent road trip, which included a night at the Hotel Finlen in Butte, Montana, and a chance to photograph the window where Robert Frank made one of the 83 images incl...
18 August, 2025
Robert Frank’s View in Butte, Montana – One Shot Story
When my wife, Darby, and I mapped out our recent road trip through the American West, it was not our intention to follow the same route that Robert Frank took in the mid-1950s w...
24 June, 2024
The Kids Are Alright – A One Shot Story
While walking back to our car after Indian food with friends, my wife and I passed a group of kids waiting in front of a skate venue that was hosting live music later in the eve...