Camp Life

January, 2011 - Giwa Farm IDP Camp in Rongai, Kenya These are a couple of shots from a new series I'm working on, depicting daily life in an IDP Camp.  To see more images, please visit my website and look the under "featured" tab.

Tunes for Tanzania

A few weeks ago I volunteered to photograph the event Tunes for Tanzania, hosted by Opportunity International, and organization that provides small business loans, training, insurance and savings to over 2 million people in about 20 developing countries.  The event was at Schubas and featured the music of Rachel McClusky, Ivory Coats and Your Villain [...]

Ron Santo: #10 on the field, #1 in our hearts

This is the motto that surrounded my little neighborhood of Wrigleyville on the first weekend of December.  The memory of one of Chicago's favorite baseball players and broadcaster was made more special by the first snow fall, covering the candles, flowers, #10 jerseys and, of course, cans of Old Style.  Essie and I suited up [...]

Laundry Day

Thank you to my good friend, Kelli, who told me about the current Fresh essay contest!  Please take a moment to view my entry and add a comment or two.  I've also posted a copy of it below - it's a little difficult to read on the website with the small font: "Laundry Day" On [...]

Editing of the Spoken Word

Add "mediocre audio editor" to my growing resume. Val Haller of Val's List, a website that introduces new music to those who are too busy to look for it themselves, asked me a while back to take raw footage of artist interviews and turn them into episode-type podcasts.  With one done and three more in [...]