Today’s news of the likely scrapping of the American Queen riverboat got my attention this morning. As a newspaper photographer at The Advocate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, I was on and around paddle boats quite often. … Read More
See sunspots and the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights, above Lake Erie at Fairport Harbor, Ohio.… Read More
Wind and Metal explores the awesome ways metal responds sonically under the influence of wind. Large objects like wind turbines, windmills, a geodesic dome, an overhead power line transmission tower, a fire tower, flag poles and a giant crucifix, were recorded under varying wind speeds from airy breezes to howling gusts. Each structure produces resonant tones unique to its design, location and weather affecting it. There’s the sound of wire fences too.… Read More
Cover your ears. It’s going to get LOUD, introducing, Oval Track Racing. This high-octane stock car racing library features cars of various makes, models and performance characteristics circling a quarter mile (.40 kilometer) oval track in Meridian, Idaho. This track distance is referred to as a ‘short track.’ The sounds were captured from multiple perspectives inside, outside, and alongside the asphalt track with a variety of microphones and recorders.… Read More
In September 2002, using a couple of Leica M6s and rolls of chrome film, I spent an afternoon documenting inmates from the Louisiana State Penitentiary picking row upon row of cotton near Angola, Louisiana. The images below are a result: