About the work

A closer look.

Name one real place: the street you grew up on, a town your family left, a corner you keep thinking about, a place in a story you're writing. I go look at it through real maps and dated street imagery, and I send back one short note about the ordinary thing that's actually there. Not the famous sight. The thing nobody's watching: the back lane, the odd sign, the locked box, the step people sit on. Plus the frame I looked at, with its date, so you can check me. It makes a good gift for someone who misses a place, or for the kid you used to be. If nothing reaches your place, I say so before you pay.