Paper Trail

My love letter to an obsolete technology

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Skyscrapers and Advertising

An excerpt from Margaret Bourke-White's autobiography, “Portrait of Myself”

Oct 3 • 

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September 2025

Arguing With Dipshits in Public

A technology-driven change in what we think about how we treat each other

Sep 26 • 

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Fighting Copyright Infringement

Practical advice for photographers — and creators of any kind — on protecting their intellectual property

Sep 19 • 

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Great Artists Steal

Inspiration, emulation and nothing new under the sun

Sep 12 • 

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Our Culture of Slop

Machine-made pictures come with baggage. Will it stay that way?

Sep 5 • 

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August 2025

Five Suggestions

A handful of things worth reading, watching and listening to

Aug 29 • 

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The Cheapskate Trilogy, Part III: Middlemen

If you want to get rich in photography, consider putting yourself between a photographer and a client

Aug 22 • 

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Cheapskates and the Gig Economy

Part 2, In which a photographer discusses economics as if he has any idea what he’s talking about

Aug 15 • 

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Cheapskates

The hottest places in hell are reserved for clients who pay caterers and designers and writers and venues and stylists and makeup artists and valets and…

Aug 8 • 

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The Young Man in the Camera Shop

On going to college, the apprentice system and the downside of DIY’ing a photography career

Aug 1 • 

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July 2025

Book Report: Art & Fear

Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

Jul 25 • 

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