Generation Kill: Major League Gaming

To be honest, not since the days of  7-11 Street Fighter matches, have I cared about video games. Sure, I have battled my friends in various shooting games here and there over the years, but it has just never been my thing, always seemed like there was something else [...]

Patterns and Lines

Some Recents

Durham Bulls outfielder Fernando Perez

Jake Wolf, chef and owner, Capitol Club 16

Friday Flash Fun

Wonderland, Fullsteam Brewery

Les Savy Fav, Nasher Museum of Art

Photo for the Day: Direct T(ree)V

A Delicate Balance

Rd Smith is a longtime Northside resident. Pastor Troy Harrison has led the push to bring the 2 sides together.

About a month and a half ago, I started working on a portrait series in the Northside neighborhood Chapel Hill, NC. Northside is known as a traditionally African-American enclave in [...]

New Work: Wake County Speedway, Jugfishing and Rocking Chairs

Spent much of the last 2 weeks working on a series of Southern summer stories for the Independent Weekly’s annual Summer Guide

The theme this year was “real southern living” so I was sent to photograph short track racing, jugfishing for catfish and a rocking chair master craftsman.

Fun, [...]

On Assignment: Mariak Chuor for the Independent Weekly

Spent some time making portraits of Mariak Chuor, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, who now lives in Garner. He fled Sudan in 2000 and has lived around the East Coast before settling in North Carolina a few years ago. He is now working on finding a publisher for his book about [...]

Photo(s) for the Day: Bentonville Battlefield

A few photos from the weekend past. Sketches of a larger project I am working on, but who knows what will make the cut in the end.

On Assignment: School Suspensions Lead to Legal Challenge for the New York Times

A few weeks ago I spent some time driving around the Washington/ Chocowinity, NC area working on a story about how “zero tolerance” school discipline policies are being called into question as a case makes its way to the NC Supreme Court this week. These policies are intended to restore order to schools [...]