On May Day I went around Seattle for a New York Times story about Starbucks’ recent corporate decisions to move some of its headquarters to Tennessee, close some iconic (and unionized) stores around the Seattle area (including the U District location and the Reserve Roastery), and what that all means for the company’s identity, which until now has been so tied to Seattle. Along the way I stopped by the large annual May Day rally in Seattle’s Cal Anderson park, an annual gathering of area unions in support of workers’ rights, and the original Starbucks store (which, in fact, is a few hundred feet from the actual original location that is now a park). Recent reporting says that the first store, long a major tourist destination, may try to unionize.
This one was a fun challenge without any special access to anything; that’s usually my favorite type of assignment…start with just a very basic story brief and then follow my visual instincts for a day. Thanks to Jen for the call on this one!
Before the World Cup came to town, I had the immense privilege to photograph the competition and community of the futsal league in Seattle’s Judkins Park organized by Les Kick’t for The Seattle Times.
I’ve never been much of a sports fan or sports photographer, but the energy and skill these teams bring to the court is infectious. If, like me, you don’t know what futsal is, it’s a fast-paced variant of soccer played on a hard surface with walls and small goals; maybe a little like indoor soccer played outdoors. A big thanks to Bettina and Colin for the assignment, and to Tyson and everyone there for welcoming me to the tournament.
For Seattle Met magazine, I photographed data centers (and the surrounding infrastructure) with my drone in rural Quincy, Washington, a couple months back. The first data centers in Quincy opened almost 20 years ago, and the facilities now account for the majority of the town’s property tax revenue. I’m always amazed how much these facilities look like motherboards from above…the water tanks look like capacitors, the wire conduits look like traces on a PCB.
Thanks to Jane for the assignment, online and on newsstands now in the Summer 2026 issue of Seattle Met.
I’ve visited Seattle’s Shilshole Bay Marina a few times this year to see the sea lions basking on the docks. They stop in the area to feast on salmon on the way down to breeding areas further south. They’re so noisy and clumsy when they move around on land, but so peaceful when they’re asleep.
In the past few months I’ve found myself near some fascinating energy infrastructure: the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in Alaska, the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm in California, and the Marathon and HF Sinclair refineries in northwestern Washington state. All of these pictures have taken on a new relevance in my mind as oil prices surge around the world as the war in Iran intensifies and widens.