won't you be my buddy?

won't you be my buddy?

hello future friend, this is what I type like.

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OCTOBER 2025

AUGUST 2025

JULY 2025

  • Cengiz Yar - photographer formerly based in Chicago, now based in Texas

  • Alex Gange - photographer and podcaster based in Boston

  • Mark Mahaney - photographer with top tier work

JUNE 2025

MAY 2025

…argh I got out the habit of updating this here page

MARCH 2025

FEBRUARY 2025

JANUARY 2025

  • Bugsy Sailor - photographer or sunrises, shop owner, UP Michigan ambassador

  • Daniel Arnold - photographer from the midwest, based in NYC, whose work I adore

  • Tim Carpenter - photographer & writer based in NYC & Illinois

DECEMBER 2024

NOVEMBER 2024

OCTOBER 2024

SEPTEMBER 2024

AUGUST 2024

JULY 2024

JUNE 2024

  • Alec Soth - Magnum photographer and photobook legend based up in Minnesota

  • Tim Davis - fun, talented photographer based in LA

  • Gilles Peress - talented Magnum photographer with a massive photobook

  • Haruki Murakami - famous author from Japan

  • Will Malone - photographer I discovered via his youtube channel

  • Jeff Nichols - favorite filmmaker of mine who does great indie films

MAY 2024

April 2024

  • Nadav Kander - iconic photographer of influence

  • Graeme Williams - youtube channel dedicated to photography

  • Clue Heywood - hilarious twitter account, bar appreciator, and unofficial Arizona spokesperson

  • Todd Hido - vibey famous art photography and smart guy

  • Willem Verbeeck - great film photographer with equally great youtube channel

March 2024

February 2024

  • John White - iconic Pulitzer-winning Chicago photojournalist

  • Ben Smith - photographer and podcast host of A Small Voice, which is super worth your time

  • Scott Galloway - author, media commentator, smart dude, wanna be BFF

  • Robert Caro - persistent author of The Power Broker and a bunch of LBJ books

  • Bald And Bankrupt - youtuber whose wit & wanderings I immensely enjoy

  • Ed Panar - photographer based in Pittsburgh

  • Baltimore Photo Space - photo book store in Baltimore 📚

  • Mark Rebillet - music personality & entertainer

  • Matt Black - talented photographer with impressive American Geography book project

  • Noah Kalina - a photographer/artist favorite of mine based in upstate NY

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Three dogs looking out from the window of a small, old, white house with a damaged roof and a metal railing on the porch, surrounded by fallen leaves.
A young woman with curly blonde hair wearing a cream knit beanie and a chunky blue sweater, smiling outdoors with houses and parked cars in the background.
Two men sitting in massage chairs at a fast food restaurant, one using a smartphone and the other smiling with a yellow paper crown.

January 2024

  • Ezra Furman - great musician. from Chicago? 🤔

  • The Bug Club - great band (discovered via Ezra) that just played in Chicago but I missed it cuz I’m a dummy

  • Jeremy Cowart - artist and photographer who I stole my “Keep it 100” portrait idea from

  • The Hold Steady - The dream house band of my dream bar

  • They Might Be Giants - an all-time favorite band with the best song about the sun ever written

  • Peter Zeihan - geopolitics writer great at distilling complicated world events into easy to understand perspective

  • Evan Ranft - youtube photographer based in Atlanta

  • Stobe the Hobo - RIP

  • Jules Terpak - smart commentary on media / part of how I attempt to keep up on what the youth are up to

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A man wearing a red shirt, glasses, and a cap is taking a photograph with a professional camera that has a long telephoto lens. He is outdoors on a sunny day, with trees, buildings, and other people in the background.
A man in a Chicago Cubs baseball uniform holding a baseball glove and preparing to pitch.
A man with dreadlocks wearing a navy blue t-shirt and a tan apron in a professional kitchen, standing with his hands on a white counter with two small bowls of food in front of him.
Group of women singing karaoke in a bar with colorful lights. One woman in the foreground is smiling and holding a microphone, wearing a sparkly top and jeans. Others are holding microphones and enjoying the music.
A man operating printing machinery in a factory. The machine is printing newspapers, which are visible in motion blur as they move through the printing process.
A black and white cat standing on the sidewalk near a bush and a parked car at night, illuminated by streetlights.