From the Archives: New York on Film

Recently I’ve been going back through my portfolio and all of my other work to find content for my new website. I stumbled upon some scans from a roll of film I shot a few summers ago in New York. Working with film is a nice break from the digital aspects of photography that I find myself getting caught up in, the ability to snap away without any thought is so easy with digital cameras now. I like that film forces me to be more thoughtful and selective with the images I take, its a nice change of pace. 

What is Home?

I had the privilege to grow up in the same house for 23 years. For the past 5 years or so I have also lived in Richmond, splitting my time between Warrenton, where I grew up, and this amazing city that I now also consider home. 

This past January my family moved to a new house, which is still in Warrenton, but just a lot bigger. I don’t really feel as if this new place is “home”, perhaps because I’ve really only been there for short amounts of time, a night here, a weekend there. 

The house is still in a transition of sorts. Some rooms are more furnished than others, the living room, the kitchen. However some places in the house are still empty, with a piece of furniture here and there. There are still traces of the previous family, curtains left behind, their old table, picture hooks all over the place. 

Some of these things left behind give you an idea of the way a room was used before. For example, my room has striped curtains, and a joker hat light switch plate. A circus like theme perfect for a young child’s room.

Slowly these remnants of before are being replaced with my family’s own mark. Slowly this house is becoming home.