i want to make this a place where i say what’s on my mind and leave it at that. it will be informal for my own sake, so that i feel comfortable and can translate clearly. hopefully my photos will make up for my almost certain lack of words at times. that being said, welcome to my new journal!
the past few month i have spent mainly in-between places, states & mindsets. lately i have felt i make friendships as quickly as old ones break away. this month marks the longest i have been on the road solo. for christmas i slept under my friend’s bed in a tiny dorm yet wasn’t bothered in the slightest because of the mountains i was surrounded by in colorado. in november i decided to leave all of my stuff behind and hit the road. i burned everything i owned but two boxes and left minnesota with a suitcase and my camera backpack. mainly i feel glad to have escaped the extreme winter season i’ve grown far too accustomed to for the first time in my life.
this year feels more open than any other before me. in a good and bad way, i suppose. in a week i will be settling into an apartment in downtown Portland with good friends and a new life ahead of me.
we’ll see.
Love it–can’t wait to see more from you, and the photo set you shared was incredible and powerful. I particularly love the sixth image down–selfie of you up on a hill. Also my feet.
You are pretty swell.
Neat!
Dope dude
Your pictures are absolutely striking and filling with emotion. You express so powerfully. Your story is incredible; I follow you on Facebook but I had no idea that you were travelling solo in America right now or that you have burned your possessions. I’m entering my fifth month of wandering across the globe on my own. I really look forward to seeing more journal posts from you!
– Ash
I am so glad that I met you at flickr island because now I get to see your beautiful and powerful work. Your sense of what the world is like in black and white is so spot on.
Wow Peter, these works are really stunning. You’re definitely honing in on a pulse on something larger and unseen. They make me feel so so tiny and large amongst the universe. Such inspiring and refreshing work 🙂
Peter! Stunning work, its absolutely riveting and divine the way you capture people.
I’ve also said au revoir to Minnesota winters and am on the road en route to Washington,
perhaps our paths will cross again, dearie.
Always fun following your photography and seeing the transformation over time and the consistencies as well. I enjoy your ability to communicate the human perspective and the vastness of space.
While looking at the images in this particular blog post, Rhett and Link’s “I am a Thoughtful Guy” song popped into my head. Particularly the “I think about space and the vastness of it”.
Peace Out