WAYS TO WALK
Ways To Walk is a series of small softcover books documenting—through photography, prose and map graphics—my short, urban walks in search of nothing in particular other than some vague understanding of where I am at any particular moment.
Over the past fifteen years, my photo-based practice has focussed on the art of a good walk: the chain of sensorial observations made at a slow, rhythmic pace; the progression of small details and large vistas; the artifacts of human occupation, whether banal or odd or moving; the heat or cold, the terrain, the smells; a sense of place evolving over time.
Walks can be thought of as performance, the art of perambulation over a period of time, following a loosely scripted program of maps and trails. The drama unfolds over time and distance, informed by unknown places and unexpected observations that come and go around every curve.
Books, I find, are an effective way to present these walk-performances. Each Ways To Walk book is a geo-spatial guided tour, layers of photographs, map graphics and prose playing out over time and distance.
Click any book image on this pages to see page views and a description.
You can purchase signed copies of the Ways To Walk books in the Firmangallery Store.
Books (unsigned) can also be previewed and purchased at my Blurb Bookstore.
Ways To Walk is a series of small softcover books documenting—through photography, prose and map graphics—my short, urban walks in search of nothing in particular other than some vague understanding of where I am at any particular moment.
Over the past fifteen years, my photo-based practice has focussed on the art of a good walk: the chain of sensorial observations made at a slow, rhythmic pace; the progression of small details and large vistas; the artifacts of human occupation, whether banal or odd or moving; the heat or cold, the terrain, the smells; a sense of place evolving over time.
Walks can be thought of as performance, the art of perambulation over a period of time, following a loosely scripted program of maps and trails. The drama unfolds over time and distance, informed by unknown places and unexpected observations that come and go around every curve.
Books, I find, are an effective way to present these walk-performances. Each Ways To Walk book is a geo-spatial guided tour, layers of photographs, map graphics and prose playing out over time and distance.
Click any book image on this pages to see page views and a description.
You can purchase signed copies of the Ways To Walk books in the Firmangallery Store.
Books (unsigned) can also be previewed and purchased at my Blurb Bookstore.
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