About That Rut
I haven’t written about most of the trips I’ve taken in 2015. My main camera has been broken…
May 27, 2015
Reconsidering Diyarbakir
The last time I was in Diyarbakir, Turkey, it was in July during Ramadan. The southeastern city felt…
May 23, 2015
Hiking the Lousios Gorge in the Peloponnese
It was a chilled morning in the Greek Peloponnese. The itinerary called for a half-day hike, and I…
April 22, 2015
Istanbul, April, and Turkish Tulips
APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull…
April 17, 2015
Neglecting Istanbul and My Cameras
I still live in Istanbul. That statement seems fairly obvious to me, but maybe it isn’t to you.…
March 31, 2015
Postscript: Black-and-White Trains in Sri Lanka
I spent so much time riding trains in Sri Lanka that I shot a lot of different kinds…
March 25, 2015
Riding Trains in Sri Lanka
There was a while when my white noise was the clatter of Sri Lankan trains. As I sat…
March 19, 2015
The Beach At Night
We were done with the party. The scent of pot and the sounds of tipsy forty-somethings singing along…
March 13, 2015
I Love LA, Unironically and Shamelessly
Los Angeles is a city that seems easy to hate. Its sprawl of car-choked freeways and skies thick…
March 6, 2015
Downtown Los Angeles Plays Itself
Few cities are simultaneously as recognizable and opaque as Los Angeles. It’s not an iconic city. Think about…
March 3, 2015