Guest Editor I’m incredibly honored that my editor, Christy Karpinski, invited me to guest edit this month’s ‘Street Photography’ issue #118 of F- Stop Magazine. I’ve assisted with a number of issues in the past, written dozens of interviews and pieces for the featured photographers — but this is the…

There is only one real reason — Platforms and systems shouldn’t be the gatekeeper to knowledge — too many paths lead to “pay-to-play”. I’ve decided to enable free access to all the articles and content I’ve posted on Medium over the past 10 years — because it is the right…

Recent events and comments on contemporary photography, photo books and interviews with people making meaningful work. — It seems like the busier things get for me at work or personally, it’s very likely that a ton of ideas and creative work rush through me as well. This time of year is no exception… please go check out a fantastic portfolio issue of F-Stop Magazine (Issue 116) —…

Traub’s work strives to bring the viewer closer to everyone around them in ways they can’t explain to themselves. One of the things many people admire and appreciate about Charles H. Traub’s work is this: one can look at an image of his which immediately conjures, say, the work of…

An emotionally charged book that touches on themes of parenting, depression, memory, and ultimately… Hope. The images Troy Colby includes in The Fragility of Fatherhood remind me of feeling calm amidst the chaos of being a parent. Colby shows us candid images of his child in various states of emotion…

Books for the Winter Hours We are very glad that, at the end of this of this disquieting year, we can present you with three very different, colorful books to lighten up the dark winter hours. We wish you a happy end of year season — please watch out for our Spring 2023 catalog which…

An alluring and heartbreaking project…Papo’s narrative of despair cleverly transforms into a tale of hope. This book took me on an emotional journey as I recalled my own experience as a new parent. Rachel Papo’s book, It’s Been Pouring, is brave. Her words and images explore postpartum depression and expose the often dark and widely misunderstood period of time many mothers inhabit — a period of time fraught with contradictions. “You should be so happy!” (they say), but exhaustion wracks your body and…

Puberty is a self-portrait project by Laurence Philomène which looks at the intimate and vital process of self-care as a non-binary transgender person undergoing hormonal replacement therapy (HRT). Shot over a period of two years, it combines surreal colors and mundane environments to document daily moments and slow, subtle physical…

Portraits that explore aging and acceptance Time As We Know It, Marna Clarke’s 12-year long project visualizes aging bodies, intimacy, determination, and self-acceptance. Work from this project is being featured for F-Stop Magazine’s Issue 115 — Partnership. Clarke’s insightful photographs share aspects of her life, and her 20 year partnership with Igor Sazevich. Her images of…