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Euclid Hotel (2003)

The Cobb & Bradley Building, at East 57th and Euclid in Cleveland, was built in 1901 as a hotel, a restaurant, and a hardware store.

Abandoned since the seventies, not even pidgeons reside here anymore – unless you count the skeletons in the window sills of those who failed to escape.

The building is in quite a state of disarray – the sixth story roof is now on the fourth floor. Mick Jagger supposedly shot a music video there in the 90′s, which would explain the piano on the third floor.

I was terribly disappointed when I found out the project had been scrapped – I was imagining living there after I got out of school.

ERC by Night (2002)

The University’s Engineering Research Center, designed by PostModernist Michael Graves. I always love shooting buildings at night – the lights in the windows just cause them to glow with a vitality that oddly seems asleep during a bustling business day.

I took this shot from the twelfth floor of Daniels Hall

Newport, KY (2006)

Newport, Kentucky sits just opposite Cincinnati on the Ohio River. It has a certain quaintness that Cincinnati seems to have abandoned somewhere along the way.

Originally, I was driving to the Riverfront to shoot the Cincy skyline, but this house asked to be photographed, with such picturesque lighting. I’m glad that I stopped, for I found some other shots that I would not have had I sped by in a car.

Shower Streaks (2004)

One day this Winter, after getting out of the shower, I happened to glance up at the skylight in the bathroom, and noticed the condensation streaking down it. The origins of the circular mark evade me (most likely a bucket set down on the skylight while putting on a new roof), but it provides an object upon which the eye may focus.

Urban Caterpillar (2004)

During a photo shoot one morning in downtown Cincinnati, I looked over the edge of the ten story parking garage where I had parked, and this point of view struck me as particular.

Newspaper stands, which we encounter daily as just another pile of visual rubble on city streets, takes on a much different character when seen from above.

Front Porch, Christmas Eve (2003)

Bob and Bob (2003)

Caution Sign (2003)

This image makes for a terrific computer desktop. Taken at a dumpster on campus, the textures leap out at the viewer as an emphasis to proceed with caution.

The gouges remind me almost of Van Gogh’s heavily textured brush strokes. Who knew that City Garbage trucks had such an artistic background?

Drive (2003)

This is one of my favorite images. It offers just enough context to identify the location – a city bus – but not enough to firmly grasp the time period. I like to think the image was taken in 1960′s Alabama; it lends a certain power and impact to the shot.

Rally Cry (2003)

I have always been fascinated by the concept of photojournalism, and have admired the skills of the photographers who appear in Time, The Plain Dealer, and on CNN.

This was part of my attempt to venture into that world; I attended a peace rally in the months before the Iraq war.

A slow shutter speed allowed just the right amount of blur to emphasize the action that was occurring.