“Hamilton” vs. “Book of Mormon”
Last summer I saw “Hamilton” in previews just as the show moved to Broadway. I was surprised to find how much I enjoyed stepping out of the multi-racial city of New York and into...
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Helen Mirren: The Cross Super Bowl Mummy With Drunk Drivers
Among the do-good commercials in Super Bowl 50 this past weekend, I was most put out at the one featuring British actress Helen Mirren telling people not to drink and drive. I wasn’t peeved...
Fantastic Fest 2015 in Storify
Whenever I’m at a festival, I tend to do a lot of social media posts about what’s going on. Here’s a collection of my social media posts about Fantastic Fest 2015! [View the story...
Whoa, my Flickr Account Has Over a Million Views!
I’ve been taking photographs for many years. I literally have film negatives stored in a cheap bank vault box ($22 bucks a year!) in case there was ever a fire at my house....
Line By Linewest
I was coming out of the Robot Petting Zoo on an upstairs floor at the new JW Marriott on Congress Avenue during the South by Southwest Interactive Festival when I nearly bumped into Gia,...
Fader Fort 2015 in Photos
Fader Fort happened again this year, and it was a blast, even if it was REALLY WET on Saturday!
Do You Have Audio Editing Skills?
I am looking for people to help out with a South by Southwest audio editing project, in exchange for a Platinum SXSW badge. There will be no payment except for the badge. You would...
My Cousin Is On the Houston News!
I’ve been in Houston with my family for a few days. The big positive family excitement is that my cousin Matthew Hanks was on the local ABC station yesterday, looking very respectable and talking...
My Pictures Spotted In The Wild: January Edition!
Sometimes it surprises me the places my photos turn up. Here are the places I’ve found them this month. Here is a picture of one of the dudes from Metallica on Wikipedia, a photo...
Nightcrawler and the Gatekeeper Theory
At Fantastic Fest this fall, I was waiting with the other photographers for Dan Gilroy, the writer/director of the film Nightcrawler to arrive. Before seeing the film, several of the photographers noted the irony...
