Writing
Of course, my blog is full of writing, but below is a collection of writing I’ve done that has been published or longer-form content, including past blog posts, that I’m proud of.
On Cinema
- Pondering pretension in experimental film (Blog post, 2006)
- My Country, My Country: A personal recommendation (Blog post, 2006)
- The passing of a true artist (Blog post, 2003)
- Barefoot Adventure DVD Review (PDF, 2000)
- For All Mankind DVD Review (PDF, 2000)
- Silent Shakespeare DVD Review (PDF, 2000)
- Notes on Films by Anne Robertson and Su Friedrich (PDF, 1991)
- Notes on Films by Stan Brakhage (PDF, 1991)
- Notes on Two Films by Jennifer Montgomery (PDF, 1990)
- Notes on Saul Levine Films (PDF, 1990)
- Notes on Helke Sander’s The Germans and Their Men (PDF, 1990)
- Notes on Four Films by Phil Solomon (PDF, 1990)
- Notes on Willie Varela’s Making is Choosing… (PDF, 1990)
- Notes on Abigail Child’s Is This What You Were Born For? (PDF, 1990)
- Notes on Chris Marker’s Sans Soleil and others (PDF, 1989)
On Photography
- Going Deeper – KAIIKI by Hitoshi Uemoto (Book review, 2013)
- West Fifteenth and Vine, Cincinnati: A Journey Through One of Stephen Shore’s Uncommon Places (PDF, 2012)
- Discovering the Sensei Through the Pupil (Taiji Arita Exhibition Review, 2012)
- Yutaka Takanashi’s Field Notes (Exhibition Review, 2009)
- Nobuyoshi Araki’s Koushoku Painting (Exhibition Review, 2008)
- Past tired: The need for more confusion about 9/11 (Blog post, 2006)
- I object, your honor [on HDR photography] (Blog post, 2006)
- Does everything look worse in black and white? (Blog post, 2004)
- Entering the Twilight Zone, with camera but on shaky ground (Blog post, 2004)
- The self of Shigeo Gocho [exhibition review] (Blog post, 2004)
- Seeing history in Kodachrome — the color slides of Charles W. Cushman (Blog post, 2003)
On Politics and Culture
- kama (Blog post, 2012)
- Nick Hornby: Fever Pitch (Blog post, 2007)
- Teigin Incident: How a painter was convicted for mass murder (Blog post, 2007)
- The often subliminal connections behind Japan’s politicians (Blog post, 2006)
- Occidentalism: just who exactly is wearing the Emperor’s new clothes? (Blog post, 2006)
- The abridgement of America (Blog post, 2005)