Journal
Writing about fine art photography — the work, the craft, the ideas behind the prints, and the case for wildness.
Essays on collecting, field stories from Africa and beyond, and what it means to make photographs that last.
Journal
The Heart of the Wild: Field Notes from the Maasai Mara
The Maasai Mara is one of the most photographed landscapes on Earth. This is not a travel story. It is the story of a project — what I went looking for, what I found instead, and what six photographs from one trip in Kenya taught me about making art.
Echoes of Chobe: Photographing the Elephants of the River
The Chobe River in Botswana is where I stopped being a photographer who goes on safari and started being a photographer who works on projects. This is the story of the trip that changed how I see — and the elephants that taught me.