Focus Shift

Transitioning to full-time creative work in Japan.

In the stacks at Willis Library, University of North Texas

Slow Down and Look

The magic of photographs is that they can transport us to times, places, and circumstances entirely separate from what we know personally. They provide a window into events and human experiences far beyond our own, giving us access and insight that we may have no other way of getting. 

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David R Munson

Experimenting with Handheld Multiple Exposures

Today, looking at an experiment done with multiple exposures back in Chicago. Archives are curious things, especially if you have the sort of relationship with them I do. I never stop making photographs, but finishing them is another story. A lot of images get lost to the passage of time,

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A small shrine in the mist at the summit of Mt Mitake, Tokyo

On Mitake-san

A weekend spent on Mitake-san, a sacred mountain in western Tokyo, proves once again that there’s no such thing as bad weather.​

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