Sometimes, the answers are right in front of you.
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‘Nothing Sexier than Two-Stroke Smoke…’
The intersection of education funding, small-town culture, vintage motor scooters and mineral rights is messy and muddy.
A Mess of Feesh
Since February 2015, Dan Smith has documented the story of Eddie Willis, his wife Alison, their three year old daughter, Maggie and the dozens of family, friends and employees who work with them. Eddie, a fourth generation Harkers Island fisherman and Alison, currently appointed to the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission, are leading the effort…
The Blind Pig
A dozen contemporary chefs from across the United States have a single day to produce a locally-sourced pop-up community dinner on the historical estate of Ebenezer Harker.
Camille
An ongoing collaboration with artist Camille I., to create paintings based on our photographic sessions.
Discards
An abandoned schoolhouse is left to time.
the first corner
The high-speed world of low-cost endurance racing.
small-caliber wounds
An exploration of memory, mourning and the secrets we all keep, in the wake of the murder of rookie police officer Alexander Thalmann, in New Bern, North Carolina.
The Risk of Fun
Who knew having a good time would be so dangerous?
storytellers
An ongoing series exploring the catharsis of modern storytelling.
Bare: Conversations on Human Art
Oral history interviews with 52 contemporary American artists whose practice includes making art with the nude human form. Format: color, digital Runtime: 60+ hrs
the deep end
Candler Swim Club, an abandoned Olympic diving facility in Raleigh, NC is transformed into a home for grade-school swimmers, over the course of two years.
revelations
An ongoing series exploring form, light and humanity with the first artistic subject: the human body.
in memory
An abandoned farmhouse filled with memory is left empty by a family dispute after the death of a Durham County matriarch.
Remnants of Empire and Innocence
What we leave behind, what we bring away; what follows us forever.