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On Travel, Time, and (Revisiting) Granada

We fetishize the offline experience, especially in regard to time. I admit I cherish my film photographs and negative rolls in shoeboxes: a tangible buildup of time. Or recently, during a weekend in Sonoma County, my husband and I stayed in a cottage that had a VCR and two movies on VHS —  I had to […]

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Oxford.

The UK, Instagrammed

I present to you my past month’s adventures in England and Scotland, via iPhone 4. With the exception of a handful of shots, most of these are Instagrammed. We spent the past month with family in Kent and London; friends in Oxford; university friends on a beautiful estate near Inverness, Scotland, for the New Year; […]

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Lisbon, Portugal.

A Gallery of Elsewhere

One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. —Henry Miller A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. —Lao Tzu When you get there, there isn’t any there there. —Gertrude Stein These photographs were taken primarily with my Canon G11. For image details, click on […]

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Golden Gate

Home, Instagrammed: San Francisco Through an iPhone Lens

I squirm when I sit still. I think about elsewhere, and how we will get there. But I mustn’t overlook this place. Yes, I write about not knowing where or what home is. That something is missing, that here isn’t quite right. Then I walk around. I explore where I live. And I’m reminded that […]

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La Street C'est Chic

Where Le Street C’est Chic: Street Art of Hong Kong

I’m excited to share this guest post, a photo essay by Elise Bernardoni. Elise and I met and became friends in Cannes twelve years ago, where we were lucky to live for a while. We spent afternoons on the beach across the street from our dorm, consumed obscene amounts of wine and cheese, and interned […]

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Istanbul Through an iPhone Lens (via Instagram)

I’ve been in Istanbul for a week and have neglected my Canon G11, which has taken 95 percent of the photos you see on this blog. (A handful have been shot with my Nikon, which I rarely use.) I’ve mainly used my new iPhone to take photographs here. I was a (mostly disgruntled) BlackBerry user […]

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