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Mushrooming: Level One

August 30, 2016 in PORTFOLIO
Mushrooming: Level One

Mushroom hunting is not a fringe discipline in Poland. It is a main event: purposeful, trance-inducing, and worthy of analysis.

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Tags: Essay, Food

A Big Kid Now

July 12, 2016 in JOURNAL
A Big Kid Now

My son, Anker, caught at the perfect juncture between playing in the sand and having decidedly outgrown the sandbox.

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Tags: Family

Crows on a Crane

June 25, 2016 in JOURNAL
Crows on a Crane

Outside our windows, a construction site roars to life at seven o’clock in the morning. But when evening comes, quiet falls.

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Tags: Home

Halfway to Twelve

June 12, 2016 in JOURNAL
Halfway to Twelve

A moonshot of an observation inspired by a shot of the moon captured on the evening of my son Anker’s sixth birthday.

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Tags: Family, Poetics

Article Two in Magazyn Wino

May 30, 2016 in PORTFOLIO
Article Two in Magazyn Wino

A hasty status on my food writing venture, overshadowed by an update on the mental state of one still living out of boxes.

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Tags: Food, News

On Letter Case in Logos and Names

April 29, 2016 in PORTFOLIO
On Letter Case in Logos and Names

Some reasons for choosing grammatical capitalization format in writing—even when a brand has a non-standard name in its logo.

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Tags: Naming, Language, Strategy

A Jubilant Début

March 25, 2016 in PORTFOLIO
A Jubilant Début

I’m pleased to announce I’ve been invited to write about food for Poland’s premier wine culture bimonthly, Magazyn Wino.

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Tags: Food, News

Madness, Indeed

February 29, 2016 in PORTFOLIO
Madness, Indeed

Part-anecdote, part-offer from the puzzled owner of a mint-condition series of toy monsters inspired by classic literature.

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Tags: Design, News

Scenes from a Renovation

January 17, 2016 in PORTFOLIO
Scenes from a Renovation

Oddly quiet photos of a sweeping home improvement project, along with a few words about living through the experience.

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Tags: Photos, Home

Project of the Year

December 29, 2015 in PORTFOLIO
Project of the Year

This dispatch is from our temporary quarters just two floors down from the construction site that will re-emerge as our home.

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Tags: News, Home, Family

Moonlit Morning

November 27, 2015 in PORTFOLIO
Moonlit Morning

For all my luck and hard work (1/100, handheld!) to get this kind of detail, I still suspect a special moon cycle was at play.

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Tags: Photos, Places

Reflection

October 16, 2015 in PORTFOLIO
Reflection

A city rooftop scene on a rainy day has inspired the first real professional collaboration between mother and son.

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Tags: Photos, Family

A Brand for Every Weather

September 21, 2015 in PORTFOLIO
A Brand for Every Weather

How do you sell the place that has everything for everyone? Here’s a solution from Toolbox Group for Jantar shopping center.

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Tags: Naming, Language, Strategy

Twilit Totem

September 01, 2015 in PORTFOLIO
Twilit Totem

Behind some of my most thrilling photography lies not technical skill or talent, but luck. Two kinds of luck, in fact.

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Tags: Photos

Guide to Sushi Ingredients

August 07, 2015 in PORTFOLIO
Guide to Sushi Ingredients

Are you ready to start making sushi at home? Not sure how to shop and what to do next? This guide will get you started.

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Tags: Food, Photos, Essay

The Humble Sprayer

July 23, 2015 in PORTFOLIO
The Humble Sprayer

Read about the ways a well-deployed cloud of mist can be a useful—and water-saving—improvement to your kitchen workflow.

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Tags: Design, Home, Essay

Re: Email

June 23, 2015 in PORTFOLIO
Re: Email

Whether it’s sent or received, every email one handles requires work and time. How do we lighten the load in these busy times?

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Tags: Essay, Design, Strategy

After the Rain

May 23, 2015 in JOURNAL
After the Rain

This southern view captures more than an instance of weather: it is a document of the senses reveling in the crisp, clean air.

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Tags: Places, Poetics

058758575130

May 04, 2015 in JOURNAL
058758575130

The ubiquitous Polish intercom keypad features numbers with distinct tones that enable playback of simple melodies.

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Tags: Places, Music

Six Years Ago at Sheremetyevo

April 11, 2015 in JOURNAL
Six Years Ago at Sheremetyevo

An instant of photojournalistic realness at a time when I though I was leaving that genre for a less narrative style.

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Tags: Places, Photos
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