Photo Essays Archives

Summary graphic: A camping trailer used as a mobile food truck, hitched to a pickup truck which is stopped at a gas station along Lamar Avenue south of 240. The trailer is emblazoned with graffiti-style lettering reading “Kailynn's Lunch Box.”

New Photos, New Map: Returning to Memphis, April 2018

On: 04/16/2018

In: American Travel, Memphis, Photo Essays

It’s time to go back to Memphis, a city that continues to hold our attention. Even as it grows and changes, it remains a city with a true sense of self.

Summary graphic: A photo of Hattie’s Tamales food truck on Lamar Ave. in Memphis, TN

Our “Memphis” Portfolio, Spring 2016 Edition

On: 04/30/2016

In: Memphis, Photo Essays

“Memphis” is an evolving portrait of an American city’s people, places, creative energy, and how each shapes the others over time.

Summary graphic: People fool around on an empty train car during late-night service hours.

Up All Night: Riding the Late Night T Service in Boston

On: 03/30/2014

In: Boston, Photo Essays

In 2014 the MBTA restored late night subway service to Boston on weekends. I stayed out all night the first two nights of the service to see who took advantage of it.

Summary graphic: A young Black man stands behind a counter, surrounded by menu boards and family photos. He is smiling and spreading his hands out across the counter.

An Introduction to Memphis

On: 03/13/2014

In: Memphis, Photo Essays

These are the people of Memphis, the people whose drive, whose passion, we have captured in our photographs.

Summary photo: Construction workers work on the exterior of the Basilica de la Sagrada Familia beside scaffolding.

10 Photos: The Workers of La Sagrada Familia

On: 01/30/2014

In: Europe, Photo Essays

While most visitors are gazing up to the heavens, something else is happening at Gaudí’s soaring La Sagrada Familia. Teams of workers are busy building the basilica.

Summary graphic: Two people, mother and son, pose for a photo outside of Snow’s BBQ during a break in their work. The son wears overalls, both wear Snow’s branded t-shirts and aprons. The composition echoes Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” painting, but is by no means a recreation.

An Introduction to American Barbecue

On: 12/22/2013

In: American Barbecue, Photo Essays

Barbecue is an American tradition that reveals as much about those who make as it does about the location where it is made. These twelve photos will introduce you to some of the places we’ve been and people we’ve met so far.

Summary graphic: A man chops whole hog barbecue in the kitchen of a restaurant.

The Capital of East Carolina Whole Hog Barbecue: Photos from the Skylight Inn

On: 11/24/2013

In: Carolina BBQ, Photo Essays

Known as “Pete Jones” to the locals in tiny Ayden, North Carolina, the Skylight Inn is probably the most famous stronghold of East Carolina barbecue.

“East Somerville”

On: 10/31/2013

In: Boston, Dignity Hunts

Elements of “old” and “new” East Somerville collided during the East End Grille’s Oktoberfest party, and we were able to capture this commingling in one image.

Summary graphic: A close-up of a kitchen staffer delicately placing garnish upon a dish.

Photo Preview: The 2013 East Broadway Foodie Crawl

On: 09/02/2013

In: Boston, Photo Essays

In our adopted neighborhood of East Somerville dining locally means enjoying cuisine from all over the globe. The restaurants show influences from El Salvador to Ethiopia, from Sicily to Sichuan, from Brazil back to New England.