Making A Start, out now from Scarlet Tiger Press

Scarlet Tiger Press, a small press publisher based out of Devon, just released, Making a Start: 17 Artists & Makers on Creative Beginnings in the Age of Environmental Uncertainty. I contributed a pair of images from my studio and wrote a text on starting new projects. The book asks: how do you begin new creative work in the age of climate crisis? What is the value of making by hand, when the future feels uncertain?

Contributors: Kittie Jones, Ella Bua-In, Peter Lanyon, Rosanna Morris, Molly Lemon, Chisara Vidale, Helen Rollinson, Graham Black, Anita Reynolds, Maxine Foster, Theo Crutchley-Mack, Sophie Coe, Oscar Dalby, Melanie Davies, Emma Hogbin, Lee Nutland, Magali Duzant.

Many thanks to Amber Rollinson!

Roots of Cool at Descanso Gardens and The Nature of Cities

I wrote a piece on trees and shade to accompany the exhibition Roots of Cool at LA’s Descanso Gardens. Many thanks to David Maddox from The Nature of Cities for the invitation. The piece, alongside a slew of interesting responses from around the world, can be read or listened to at The Nature of Cities or in person at Descanso Gardens.

Mercuria V.1 Ch.4: Faulty Stars is out!

A few years ago I had the pleasure of writing a short essay about Mercury Retrograde for Conveyor Edition’s experimental publication, Mercuria. The essay is out now, titled Faulty Stars, and features the artwork of Hazel Eckert, Amy Friend, Brett Henrikson, Daniel Hojnacki, Lisa Kereszi, Marta Lee, Marissa Long, and E.C. Musgrave alongside a selection of images I made from the Accidents folder at the NYPL Picture Collection. This is the fourth chapter of Mercuria which will wrap up with a final chapter from Christina Labey. More info available here: https://www.conveyor.studio/shop/p/mercuria-v1-ch4

The Nature of Cities feature, excerpt from A Tree Grows in Queens

An excerpt from A Tree Grows in Queens was published this week on the website The Nature of Cities. The excerpt pulls from two chapters, Pink Dogwood and American Elm, and includes an introduction to the origins of the project. The piece can be read at the following link: https://www.thenatureofcities.com/2024/10/30/a-tree-grows-in-queens/

Dorothea Lange : Words And Pictures review

I had the immense pleasure to write about MoMA’s Dorothea Lange retrospective, Words & Pictures. I began writing about the show during NYC’s lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic ripping through the city. The piece was published as prote…

I had the immense pleasure to write about MoMA’s Dorothea Lange retrospective, Words & Pictures. I began writing about the show during NYC’s lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic ripping through the city. The piece was published as protests and marches blossomed across the country. I thought I knew Dorothea Lange’s work but this exhibition during this time in history underlined just how impactful her work and her photographic ideology were and still are.

https://www.lensculture.com/articles/dorothea-lange-words-and-pictures

Where Blue Birds Fly interview with Homayra Adiba for LensCulture

I had the immense pleasure to speak with Homayra Adiba about her beautiful project, Where Blue Birds Fly, for LensCulture earlier this year. The interview, included a selection of Adiba’s evocative images can be read on LensCulture here : https://www.lensculture.com/articles/homayra-adiba-where-blue-birds-fly

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