The combination of COVID-19 precautions and forest fire smoke really limited my photo projects earlier in September, but now things are looking better. Local architectural documentation projects are now possible, especially outdoor work and empty buildings. I am not doing … Read More
I’m continuing my “Small Data” project. For this group, the trail camera was strapped to our back porch, pointed at the top of our fence. The middle view has been included in the 23rd Juried Show at the Photographic Center … Read More
This duplex was one of the Junior Officer’s Quarters built just before WWII at the Sitka Naval Operating Base on Japonski Island, Sitka, Alaska. After the war, the military transferred the base to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In 1954, … Read More
Seattle folks had a rare chance to view the city carefully from the Highway 99 Viaduct during the farewell party on Saturday, Feb. 2. (The Viaduct is now being torn down.) We used to zoom past in our cars, but … Read More
The most boring book on my photo book shelf has taken on new meaning with the current uproar about the “The Wall”. I got this book years ago because it is a great repeat photo project: the interval between the … Read More
I had the fun opportunity to do some careful interior photographs for a new “Airbnb” that is available on the north shore of Lake Union in Seattle. The unit is nicely furnished with mid century modern designs, and the styling … Read More
My big project of the summer was helping Janet Matheson AIA with a historic district nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. This is for Pioneer Park in Fairbanks, Alaska. It was built as the Alaska 67 Exposition in … Read More
My photographs of the Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo) in Texas are now available from the Library of Congress, as part of the Historic American Building Survey. I was honored to be the photographer in 2016 to supplement … Read More
I recently received word that I have work in Fairbanks, Alaska, helping with the documentation of Pioneer Park for the National Register of Historic Places. I am happy to be working again for Janet Matheson, AIA. She first hired me and … Read More
In the early 1990’s, there were two water towers on Japonski Island in Sitka, Alaska. I documented the tower that was just northeast of the hospital for Dr. Colt Denfeld at the Army Corps of Engineers. The water tower was … Read More