VACANCY ONLINE!

Thanks to everyone who's been so patient waiting for this to happen. The day has finally arrived and VACANCYMAGAZINE.COM is up and running. As always, I'd love to hear feedback. Keep in mind that I'm no web guru... and I'm sure that things will get better and better as time goes by.

Also, Issue 002 will be shot in March and will be up by Spring!

VACANCY COVER

So, ok, it's taken a little bit longer than originally planned. The first issue is when you learn these things, yeah? The issue is completed and I'm just looking for the best/cheapest way to actually print it. Until then, here is the cover.

And if I'm not able to figure out a cheap printing method, VACANCY might just well become an online zine! :)

VACANCY

It's been an incredibly long time since I've updated. However, I am working a new project that I'm really excited about: an architectural photo zine called VACANCY. I hope to have the first issue out by September 1st, 2009. So stay tuned. Until then, here are a few random photos taken with my new favorite Iphone application. Enjoy!

My Northern Ireland Host Family

Next to my good friend Stephen, with whom I stayed, Brian was my guide in Northern Ireland. I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to him and his family for allowing me into their homes. It's something I won't soon forget - and hope to repay one day.

Northern Ireland

I went to Northern Ireland back in 2003 with an idea: I wanted to try and document the people, politics, and spiritual conflict in a modern context as told through the very landscape itself. To me nothing is more telling about who we are than the environment we surrounds ourselves in. We make our mark on the landscape around us - our environment shapes our lives.

Through staying with my friend Stephen I was fortunate enough to experience living in the beautiful countryside (in Broughshane) and work in Belfast. The contrast between the city life and the country life (only 20 minutes away by car) says so much more about the current economic climate of the region than any political or spiritual strife known to happen there. If you have the income, you leave the city after work and retreat to the countryside where it is serene and peaceful. If you don't, you can't.

Some of the images may seem, to some, a bit bleak - but to me they are all beautiful. They are reality. At least as I saw it in my short time there.

I want to thank Stephen and my good friend Brian for allowing me to impose on their lives, families, insights, and couches. For showing me how hospitable local life can be, and mainly for just being my friends. The images I captured will always remind me of a place that will haunt my imagination and serve as a source of continued inspiration in all the fine art work I do from here forward.

All of these images were taken in Northern Ireland (specifically West Belfast & Broughshane/Ballymena). All images shot with 120 film.

Northern Ireland, Edinburgh & Loch Ness

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

miscellaneous portraits

Heidi at the beach

Neon nights...

Below are a few stills from a video project I did for my portfolio.

When darkness falls...