the Mayor of Golden: Leroy Gonzales.

Backroad Biker Adventure to Golden, New Mexico

Golden is a historic gold-rush town located between Cedar Crest and Madrid in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. Golden was a boomtown back in the 1820s and 1830s, when placer gold was discovered in the nearby Ortiz Mountains. By 1928,…

Photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson

The loss of intimacy in street photography

Faceless and distant silhouettes, dark unknown phantoms standing in shafts of light, crowds of people with their backs turned, super-high-density colors with microscopic resolution – but no soul, no universal gesture, no human connection. That’s what we generally see being…

Against Doctor’s Orders: Selections from my book on heroin addiction.

Against Doctor’s Orders: Selections from my book on heroin addiction.

“Hands Up, Don’t Shoot!” – The Lie That Divided America

This documentary photo gallery contains a few selections from my coverage of the protests that followed the shooting death of Mike Brown.

homelessness in Chicago street photography

Ethics In Street and Documentary Photography: Photographing Homelessness

Social media street photographer: “Don’t do this, most street photographers consider photographing homeless people without their express permission to be disrespectful and intrusive.” Me: Isn’t the nature of street photography itself intrusive and disrespectful at some level? Should we develop…

Backroad Biker Adventure – Slab City

Backroad Biker Adventure – Slab City

The Bisti Badlands, located in northwestern New Mexico, is recognized for its otherworldly landscapes colorful and photogenic expanse of undulating mounds and unusual eroded rocks in the San Juan Basin.

Backroad Biker Adventure – Bisti Badlands, New Mexico

Backroad Biker Adventure – Bisti Badlands, New Mexico Come with me on another Backroad Biker Adventure to the Bisti Badlands, located in northwestern New Mexico, is recognized for its otherworldly landscapes, colorful and photogenic expanse of undulating mounds and unusual…

All In Stride - Chicago Street Photography by Chuck Jines

All In Stride – Chicago Street Photography by Chuck Jines

The one thing I love most about street photography is when those magic moments arise where everything seems to come into perfect alignment, for just a fleeting moment. And, if we’re lucky enough, we’ll be there to capture the moment.…