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Glass City

What is Glass City?

[We’re renaming the Photo Digest to Glass City, about photography, writing, creativity, and urbanism.   It will be shared every other week, usually on Tuesdays, but that may be subject to change.   I always struggled with what to call the newsletter. Or perhaps it’s better to use the term column, since that has a […]

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We’re Back!

Detail of Stacy Kranitz photograph. Okay, so this is the official email that we’re starting back up again with regularity. I like to state things loudly so I have to commit. Back to Tuesday mornings (besides this email), back to photographing, walking, and avoiding marathon work months. Or seasons. Between writing 3/4ths of a book

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Armor and Concrete

Join me on Bluesky. I always believed I was introverted growing up. Usually a step too slow to beat out the extroverts, often instead watching expressions. Social situations were exhausting, but for some reason, I’d never shy away. I could be loud in small intimate groups but put me in a larger group, even great

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Precisly the Time

(*Note, join me on Bluesky. I may actually try to post articles and things I come across there, in the vein of this column. Hopefully, it can turn into a Twitter where we learn from the first-time-around mistakes.)   When you feel pain, create. Last week I shared a piece exploring my liberal bubble; both

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A Good Day?

Note: All photos shown basically in the order they were shot. All coincidences are just coincidences. I walk into the Galleria deli on 24th and 10th and say hi to a fly in one of the seats, who seems to be waiting for the lunch rush to form.  Can I have a chicken salad wrap

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Him and Them

Few buildings hold more ghosts; and few books as well. *Note: All non-architectural photos are captured from books or shows of Peter Hujar, Robert Mapplethorpe, Nan Goldin, and Robert Frank. Click names to view portfolios. Many are details of their photographs, sometimes from angles, and not fully representative of the originals. A rare 1925 survivor

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Things Feel Fast

  I think the only way to keep this column interesting every two to three weeks is to mix inspired posts with things going on in life. When I’m feeling inspired, perfect. When not, just stream of consciousness the day-to-day stuff. Lean in to the self-indulgence. Right now I’m lying in bed in a state

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