Summer Postcards 2019
Summer Postcard: Starcrew
I sought to take a picture of this very moment, to leave an imprint to look back upon, but I realized that no attempt at photographic mimesis could ever capture the boundless freedom and comfort I experienced.
Summer Postcard: From a Parking Lot
But what I do know is this: If we forget the past in an attempt to move forward, we will begin to see ourselves move back.
Summer Postcard: Fish, Love, Music
Salmonfest is kind of like Woodstock, if Woodstock were fish-themed and held in a seaside village in Alaska.
Summer Postcard: June Bugs
Where Boston let me forget over the past two years, Arizona reminded me in gentle breaths when I returned this summer.
Summer Postcard: Karak Spicy
Within a society marked by stark inequality, all converge for karak and conversation at the edge of the Gulf.
Summer Postcard: Back in Time
I felt a little twinge of sadness I couldn’t explain at first. It was the twinge of realizing, while I was in it, that this moment would become a memory — something I could never recreate in exactly the same way again.
Summer Postcard: Humility
These structures and monuments are impressive, enduring, and timeless, designed and set as allusions to the very country they represent. But more than symbols, they also serve an important purpose: They remind you how insignificant you are.