Over the summer, as I was riding my bicycle around my small suburb of Minneapolis, I began to wonder if other people imagined my ‘suburban lifestyle’ as looking like this. Wide open spaces, lots of weird back-yard spaces in malls and grocery stores, lots of things that looked unfinished and Read more…
Lake Superior: Updated 2011 Lake Superior has a very near and dear place in my heart. Ice cold and lingering up there in the north, it seems like the haunted gateway to a different world. As I moved from state to state and house to house in my childhood, summer Read more…
India: October 3, 2010 – November 17, 2010 After completing my contract in Korea, I flew to India to teach English at a school in the slums of Mumbai. Although I worked for most of the time I spent there, I got a chance to explore the amazing, overwhelming, and Read more…
Korea: September 1, 2009 – October 2, 2010 South Korea is a country of many extremes. From K-Pop obsession to identical high rises, to hagwon-ridden suburbia and road-side shacks, the country continues to baffle and surprise anyone who hopes to look for its secrets. (And there are many of them, Read more…
Corning, NY: December 2007, Summer 2008 and 2009
Minneapolis / Saint Paul Minneapolis and Saint Paul have been my home cities for over ten years now. Known as the Twin Cities, they have dueling personalities–just as I do. Minneapolis, a bright and boisterous cultural center–full of new immigrants with vibrant communities–sits just across the river from Saint Paul, Read more…
Shenandoah Valley The Shenandoah Valley stretches across much of West Virginia and Virginia, bordered on the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains and on the west by the south-eastern Appalachians. Over several visits to my father’s home in Staunton, Virginia, I have enjoyed capturing these ranges in all their seasons Read more…
Objects: Various Dates These are photographs of objects, close ups, or things that generally do not rely on an exact city or country for context.
Ghana: February 11 to June 14, 2008 Ghana was the first Sub-Saharan nation to claim independence from Britian, and is the oldest post-colonial state, dating back from 1957. Within Ghana, there is a plethora of history: ancient, colonial, and modern. From Kumasi, long ago capital of the Asante Empire, to Read more…
London: February 4 – 11, 2008 Before visiting Africa for the first time, I took my first stop-over in Europe. I spent almost the whole time wandering and photographing delightful architecture, crowds of people, and bus-jams.