One in 8 Million

This is what it's about: documenting those who wander the world alongside us. Vignettes of humanity.

NYTimes photo essay series "One in 8 Million".

This series is really amazing - each slideshow highlights one person's story, set to the audio of their interview.



I have a slew of projects lined up for the summer, and this series is such an inspiration to me to see them through.

The end of this month, John and his family open their roadside stand selling produce north of Leesburg. Four generations of the family work the farm and the stand. I met them through his grandfather - an amazing man named Bob who has great stories of Kerouac-style NYC cafeterias in the 40's and 50's where you could eat for pocket change. I'm set to get to know the family and hopefully, faithfully tell their story.

There are other, similar projects lining up - and they remind me of why I got into this field in the first place. Spence Poore is in his 80's fixes antique tractors and has a collection of them in his shed. Then there is a personal project shooting tall ship sailors both underway and in classical 4x5 portraits a la Avedon's "American West". I narrowly missed sailing down to Jacksonville with them on "Pride of Baltimore II" a few weeks back, but I'll hitch a ride a bit later in the season.

Everyone has a story.

This should be a good summer.