Category: Asheville

Grit & Grain Photo Studio

Wherein In lay out a plan for something I’d very much like to do.
The Burger Bar Sessions

Getting the amazing Izzy in front of my camera at Asheville’s Burger Bar.
The Wind-Down

Izzy made a lot of the images that were bouncing around in my head all of these years come to life one morning at the Burger Bar here in Asheville. It was the first shoot in a long while where I actually asked permission and got the venue on board with what I was up…
Week Notes – April 2, 2025

Asheville in recovery, photography, and rebuilding a business stick by stick.
Riffs on: Floods

Another day, another sheaf of headlines about flooding throughout the American Southeast.
That Dead Week 2024 vibe

The inboxes are dead, but everything else seems somewhat lively. We spent the week in Atlanta in a basement apartment with a thunderously stompy family living upstairs. I spent a fair amount of time wandering the Beltline, dropping in on breweries and galleries, drinking my fill until about three, having my siesta, and then rousing…
Locals Only

These days have that flavor of the early pandemic lockdowns, or that weird week every year between Christmas and New Years, when you aren’t sure what day it is or when you last showered or exactly how many days you are getting out of your underwear. It is only now that I am reminded how…
Phases of Disaster

I’ve seen this graphic all over the damn place. The general ideal is “behavioral health of communities during disasters.” The graph was adopted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration – a federal organization – and published in by the Washington State Department of Health in April 2020. You know, those early pandemic…
Creativity In An Age of Crisis

Theory: tragedy inspires the greatest art. E.g. Picasso’s Guernica Hurricane Helene has brought all kinds of trouble to the region – not just Asheville, but the counties and states surrounding it. Since the hurricane hit a week ago and the devastation continues to unfold, I’ve found it nearly impossible to create anything. It got me…
Notes on Disasters.

Even when it’s not right outside your window, it consumes all of your mental bandwidth. The hurricane, the aftermath, the entire region that is suffering. This is the kind of thing that sets people back ten or twenty years. You hear the stories, but now you know. This feels different, more sinister. In grade school…