Buddha’s Birthday has come and gone once again. The years seem to move faster now. Maybe it’s because life gets busier as you get older. Maybe it’s because I’m getting older myself. Either way, these moments that once felt like entire seasons now feel like brief flashes in the rearview mirror. There was a time when the lanterns seemed to […]
Two Versions of the Same Place There are two versions of Haedong Yonggungsa Temple, and if you’ve spent any time there with a camera, you’ve probably met both. There’s the version you sell to yourself—the quiet, salt-stained temple clinging to the rocks, monks drifting through the early light, the sea rolling in like it’s got all the time in the world. […]
Every year around this time, I ask myself the same question:Why am I doing this again? I don’t need to teach a photography class.I’m not doing it to sell gear, pad a résumé, or convince anyone I’ve “made it.”I do it because every time I walk through Ulsan with a camera, I’m reminded how much beauty people walk past without […]