pockets of space

cracked bricks

2012-01-18T10:49:00.000-08:00

impressively unsafe brick wall in West Philadelphia. Baltimore Ave. between 41st and 42nd.

really soft focus

2012-01-04T11:29:00.001-08:00

the autofocus on my Canon G11 doesn't work on occasion, leading to images such as this one. Louisville, Kentucky. December 2011.

stop, moon

2012-01-04T11:28:00.001-08:00

South Philadelphia, December 2011.

destruction at sunset

2012-01-04T11:27:00.001-08:00

As the Temple University 'T' on the building in the background indicates, this is not Kabul, Afghanistan, but North Philadelphia. Fall 2011.

telephoto lens off a slide projector

2011-12-01T17:00:00.000-08:00

Playing with a telephoto slide projector lens. Looking east towards Center City from the 3100 block of Walnut Street.

circles, grids, and light

2011-11-30T17:03:00.000-08:00

The ceiling of the auditorium at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. David Harvey spoke there last night, about capitalism and what should happen when capitalism implodes in on itself.

red, yellow, orange

2011-11-30T12:37:00.000-08:00

A Japanese Maple in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.

blue door

2011-10-27T15:29:00.000-07:00

Oz Park, Chicago

airplane in flight

2011-10-27T15:28:00.001-07:00

Lincoln Park, Chicago

circles in concrete

2011-10-27T15:28:00.000-07:00

Lincoln Park, Chicago

sunset, clouds

2011-10-20T16:59:00.001-07:00

Bartram's Garden, Southwest Philadelphia

wooden birdhouse

2011-10-20T16:59:00.000-07:00

Bartram's Garden, Southwest Philadelphia

to continue the birdhouse theme from the other week...

fall color, hiding

2011-10-18T21:02:00.000-07:00

the fall color is emerging along West River Drive in Philadelphia. This tree in particular has been a consistent fall performer the last few Octobers.

bird houses

2011-10-06T16:21:00.000-07:00

A bird house made out of the "I Buy Houses" sign shown below. 13th and Girard, North Philadelphia.

13th and Girard, North Philadelphia.

in the wilds

2011-09-27T14:30:00.000-07:00

Nigel Peake's In the Wilds, in the forest-metabolized-into-paper-and-then-books that is Paley Library at Temple University.

deflated

2011-09-27T14:28:00.000-07:00

West River Drive, Philadelphia, after a running event.

late summer flowers.

2011-09-27T14:26:00.000-07:00


West Philadelphia, September 2011.

happy ghost

2011-09-19T09:16:00.001-07:00

stacked crates

2011-09-19T09:16:00.000-07:00

Headhouse Farmers' Market. Philadelphia.

white on white

2011-09-19T07:19:00.000-07:00

a small public space on 58th between 5th and 6th, Manhattan.

orange

2011-09-08T09:08:00.000-07:00

orange wall. continuing this theme.

blue sky, leafless trees

2011-08-30T10:35:00.002-07:00

Jardin des Tulieres, Paris. Winter 2008.

Place St. Michel Metro

2011-08-30T10:35:00.001-07:00

Paris, Winter 2008

vanishing points and perspective lines

2011-08-30T10:35:00.000-07:00

at the Race Street Pier on the Delaware River waterfront, Philadelphia. Summer 2011.

miss rockaway armada

2011-08-30T10:34:00.000-07:00

Miss Rockaway Armada on Schuylkill Banks, before Hurricane Irene came through Philadelphia

grey on grey

2011-08-30T10:33:00.001-07:00

West Philadelphia. August 2011.

mugs

2011-08-30T10:33:00.000-07:00

Benna's Cafe, South Philadelphia.

carousel horse

2011-08-10T12:17:00.000-07:00

Baltimore Ave. West Philadelphia

the mobile life

2011-08-08T11:03:00.000-07:00

A Sportcoach sighting in West Philly, 48th and Kingsessing.

balloon, red jacket

2011-08-07T07:00:00.000-07:00

Paris Winter 2008. Near Galeries Lafayette.

danger

2011-08-04T14:26:00.000-07:00

Tree down this morning. Baring Street at 34th Street. West Philadelphia.

green

2011-08-02T15:22:00.000-07:00

Green fade.

inside/outside

2011-08-02T15:21:00.000-07:00

Another reflection picture, this time at the Webster Street Blue Bottle Cafe in Oakland.

reflections on white

2011-07-23T17:59:00.000-07:00

Alongside Pacific Coast Highway, Hermosa Beach.

spray

2011-07-22T08:43:00.000-07:00

North Philadelphia, east of Temple University.

a delivery of foam

2011-07-22T08:42:00.001-07:00

Tyler Gallery, Temple University.

backlit

2011-07-22T08:42:00.000-07:00

Woodland Cemetery, West Philadelphia.

added details

2011-07-22T08:41:00.000-07:00


Found on the street, West Philadelphia.

distance and respect

2011-07-14T14:41:00.000-07:00

Point Vicente Lighthouse, Palos Verdes Estates. I didn't see any rattlesnakes the morning I took this photograph.

CLUI

2011-07-14T14:11:00.000-07:00

CLUI's Heart of Screenland exhibit. Culver City, Los Angeles. June 2011.

overpass

2011-07-14T14:09:00.000-07:00

Pedestrian overpass, North Philadelphia. Why not just use the street?

water, light

2011-07-14T14:08:00.001-07:00

Sonora, California

blue and blue

2011-07-14T14:08:00.000-07:00

The Pacific Ocean off Palos Verdes.

reflections

2011-07-14T14:07:00.000-07:00

Redondo Beach.

greenery

2011-07-14T13:53:00.000-07:00

Across from One Shot Coffee, North 2nd St. Philadelphia.

streetsweeping residue

2011-07-14T13:52:00.000-07:00

Philadelphia.

fire pumps fire

2011-06-08T15:11:00.000-07:00

Philadelphia Naval Yard, Pennsylvania's favorite free trade zone, where Fire Pumps Fire.

a taxi cab post fire, then gone

2011-06-03T16:50:00.000-07:00

Clark Park, West Philadelphia. 2 June 2011. I'm not sure what happened to this Ford Crown Victoria from Cresent Cab, but whatever happened, it looks bad.

Clark Park, West Philadelphia. 3 June 2011.

the light of a storm #2

2011-05-26T11:58:00.001-07:00

a grid of trees

2011-05-26T11:58:00.000-07:00

University of Pennsylvania's new sports complex has a collection of trees awaiting planting.

the light before a storm

2011-05-26T11:32:00.000-07:00

West Philadelphia the other evening.

streaks of rust on a piece of brutalist architecture

2011-05-19T14:34:00.000-07:00

The backside of William Penn High School. 13th St., North Philadelphia.

Gray's Ferry carnival

2011-05-19T14:32:00.001-07:00

Taken from a moving automobile. South Philadelphia.

angles and edges

2011-05-19T14:32:00.000-07:00

South Broad Street, Philadelphia.

lost stick pony

2011-05-19T14:31:00.001-07:00

Marconi Park, South Philadelphia.

shuttered train station

2011-05-19T14:31:00.000-07:00


Shawmont Train Station, Philadelphia. This station was built in 1834 and is the oldest standing station in the US.

full bloom

2011-04-20T08:34:00.000-07:00

Warrington Ave., West Philadelphia.

blue bee hive

2011-04-14T13:07:00.000-07:00

Woodland Cemetery, West Philadelphia. The blues and grey were some color in the landscape few weeks ago, before spring arrived.

glass panes

2011-04-14T13:06:00.000-07:00

Kimmel Center, Center City Philadelphia. Was at the Kimmel to see the 2011 Precious Places documentary premiere.

windmills

2011-04-14T13:04:00.000-07:00

Behind the Soil Kitchen. 2nd and Girard Ave., North Philadelphia.

red donkey, inflatable

2011-04-10T16:36:00.000-07:00

The Latino Market, aka the Italian Market south of Washington Ave. Philadelphia.

magnolia in bloom

2011-04-10T16:35:00.000-07:00

This magnolia on Baltimore just west of 44th in West Philadelphia is the most massive magnolia I have found in the neighborhood. Needless to say, spring has arrived.

seven little televisions

2011-04-10T16:34:00.000-07:00

Collingswood, New Jersey.

pockets of space mentioned at things magazine

2011-04-06T08:18:00.000-07:00

60 Hudson St. Lower Manhattan. Much of the digital information flows between Europe and North America pass through this building. There is a good, short article about it.

It is pleasantly reassuring to find my work mentioned on a blog that I read frequently, especially one as well done as things magazine. The post that links to this blog is here.

For those visitors who are coming over from things magazine or elsewhere, you can see some of my more focused work on the infrastructure of the Internet and mobile communication at my other blog, everyday structures. And if any of you are in Philadelphia this Friday, I will be speaking at the Grid/Flow conference at Temple University. Information here.

Again, thanks to things magazine!

backlit

2011-04-05T07:53:00.000-07:00

dropping into the shade, a winter afternoon in Columbia, California

the western edge of Las Vegas

2011-03-30T09:50:00.000-07:00

reflections

2011-03-30T09:49:00.000-07:00

Temple University. March 2011.

lifeguard station

2011-03-16T11:40:00.000-07:00

Redondo Beach, Los Angeles.

dry weeds

2011-03-16T11:39:00.000-07:00

spreading clouds, sunset

2011-03-16T11:37:00.000-07:00

Ocean Beach, San Francisco.

palms

2011-03-13T19:00:00.000-07:00


Los Angeles?

Waiting impatiently for spring in Philadelphia--an image from last summer.

long shadows in the snow

2011-03-03T16:54:00.000-08:00

West PHL last week, waiting impatiently for spring.

seats that swing out

2011-02-15T15:58:00.000-08:00

Shothouse Cafe, 5th and Christian St., Philadelphia.

steep

2011-02-14T11:17:00.000-08:00

Wards Ferry Road, Tuolumne County. December 2010.

pedestrians, the Seine

2011-02-14T11:16:00.001-08:00

2008.

the Seine, dawn

2011-02-14T11:16:00.000-08:00

2008

redwoods, sunlight

2011-02-11T11:24:00.000-08:00

Tenderfoot Trail, Mount Tam, on road bikes.

chandelier

2011-02-11T11:23:00.000-08:00

movable sections

2011-02-11T11:22:00.000-08:00

storefront for art and architecture

pine tree, limestone rubble

2011-02-11T11:20:00.000-08:00

Columbia Elementary School, California.

windowpanes

2011-02-11T11:19:00.000-08:00

High Line. Manhattan.

corridor

2011-02-10T05:59:00.000-08:00

Jardin du Luxembourg. Winter 2008.

can you find the Space Invader?

2011-02-09T10:03:00.000-08:00

top of the stairs, on the right. 2008.

stacks of lumber

2011-02-09T10:00:00.000-08:00

47th and Woodland. West PHL

sledding in Clark Park

2011-02-06T19:28:00.001-08:00

white door

2011-02-06T19:28:00.000-08:00

cat, truck

2011-02-03T11:59:00.000-08:00

shadows, an orange cone, and a ladder

2011-01-27T14:31:00.000-08:00

Taming the hedge. Pt. Reyes Station.

critters and children

2011-01-27T14:30:00.000-08:00

Somewheres outside Sonora.

palm tree shadow

2011-01-21T13:44:00.000-08:00

peeling

2011-01-21T13:43:00.001-08:00

Columbia State Historic Park, Sierra Foothills.

on the ground

2011-01-21T13:43:00.000-08:00

Philadelphia International Airport.

remnants of snowstorm

2011-01-21T13:38:00.001-08:00

in the shadow of a row of cars. Drexel Park, Philadelphia.

three chairs

2011-01-21T13:38:00.000-08:00

El Ojo de Agua, Fruitvale and East 12th Ave. Oakland.

mashed into the asphalt

2010-12-12T16:45:00.000-08:00

42nd and Powelton, PHL

grids

2010-12-05T15:18:00.001-08:00

Strawberry Mansion Bridge, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.

fog, steam, light

2010-12-05T15:18:00.000-08:00

An ethereal lightshow at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

shiny pomegranates

2010-12-05T15:16:00.000-08:00

stickwork

2010-11-16T10:56:00.000-08:00

stickwork at Morris Arboretum.

This Patrick Dougherty installation at the Morris Arboretum has been in place for over a year, and is worth experiencing. Its site in an arboretum is fitting as well. Outside and in, the twisting shapes shift and morph creating different views depending on where one is standing.

scaffolding

2010-11-09T15:37:00.000-08:00

off the side of the new South Street Bridge.