2024 03 21
Work is slow, I am hearing more and more. An increasing number of people have told me they have been job hunting for months now. Elections are coming and surely people will voice their frustrations at the ballot. On the surface, the economy feels fine but underneath it sure doesn’t. Yes Gaza is a nightmare but have you heard about Haiti? Have you heard about Sudan? The list is long.
Working on some more in depth blog postings but I’ve been busy with life so today I offer you this concrete graffiti and doomy brain puke.
Thanks for stopping by!
-Clayton
Bob Sucks written in concrete. Skokie, Illinois. September, 2023. © Clayton Hauck
Work is slow, I am hearing more and more. An increasing number of people have told me they have been job hunting for months now. Elections are coming and surely people will voice their frustrations at the ballot. On the surface, the economy feels fine but underneath it sure doesn’t. Yes Gaza is a nightmare but have you heard about Haiti? Have you heard about Sudan? The list is long.
I had this vision when LinkedIn introduced the “open to work” tag on people’s profile photo that one day soon you’d scroll through Linkedin and every account would have the banner listed on their image. Imagine if LinkedIn existed during the Great Depression… that kind of vibe. I don’t think we’re going in that extreme of a direction (though AI may beg to differ), but I do think the digitization of the economy exaggerates the negative aspects of things very efficiently, leading towards this ominous feeling.
I’m working on some more in-depth blog postings but I’ve been busy with life so today I offer you this concrete graffiti and doomy brain puke.
Negative thinking, yes, but sometimes you just need to vent ‘em.
Thanks for stopping by!
-Clayton
2024 03 16
Last last year, I covered this assignment for Chicago Magazine where I spent three days with knife maker Sam Goldbroch in his studio outside of Chicago while he made a custom chef’s knife from scratch. It was a cool experience and I was really happy with the images I came away with, however, it left me thinking the still photos were a bit less effective than perhaps a well-made video would be in showing viewers the entire process from start to finish, having just experienced it myself in person.
Flash forward to now, after the Chicago piece ran, seeing an email from my uncle with a link to a really well done video featuring Anthony Bourdain in his visit to another bladesmith, Bob Kramer. That video can be viewed below and is worth a watch while also serving a sad reminder of how much I miss Anthony Bourdain.
-Clayton
Bladesmith Sam Goldborch in his studio in Skokie, Illinois. September, 2023. © Clayton Hauck
Late last year, I covered this assignment for Chicago Magazine where I spent three days with knife maker Sam Goldbroch in his studio outside of Chicago while he made a custom chef’s knife from scratch. It was a cool experience and I was really happy with the images I came away with, however, it left me thinking the still photos were a bit less effective than perhaps a well-made video would be in showing viewers the entire process from start to finish, having just experienced it myself in person.
Flash forward to now, after the Chicago piece ran, seeing an email from my uncle with a link to a really well done video featuring Anthony Bourdain in his visit to another bladesmith, Bob Kramer. That video can be viewed below and is worth a watch while also serving a sad reminder of how much I miss Anthony Bourdain.
-Clayton
➡️ Click here to see the Chicago Magazine piece
➡️ Click here to see more of my photos from the shoot