Repeat Photo Book Deserves Another Look
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
New Luxury Airbnb on Lake Union
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
Big Fairbanks Project for the National Register of Historic Places
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 Alamo Photos Can Now Be Ordered from the Library of Congress
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
From Alaskaland to the Alamo and Back
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
Sitka Water Tower 1995
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
Observations on Digital Archives
Here’s the wonderful webcomic xkcd, created by Randall Munroe, showing why having libraries store photographic negatives is not such an outmoded idea. This is from 2017.
Small Data
This is a personal project of mine. People talk a lot about “big data” these days, but I am more interested in “small data” that I generate myself and arrange. I often experiment with repeat photographs from my immediate surroundings. … Read More
Pacific – Ford McKay Buildings Before and After
I’m always pleased to document historic buildings that are going to be stabilized and restored, rather than demolished. Working in 2009 for BOLA Architecture and Planning, I did the top “before” photograph of two fancy automobile showrooms in Seattle that … Read More
Fewer scale stick photos needed for Level I HABS/HAER
While finishing up my documentation of the Alamo for the Historic American Buildings Survey, I had the chance to correspond with Mary McPartland, PhD, the Collections Manager of the Heritage Documentation Programs of the National Park Service. She is the … Read More