This is a tale about the cunning subterfuge of optics. (Sounds very clandestine and shady, doesn't it?)
TIAA #30: “Photo Non Grata”
Have You Ever *Heard* “Conversations with Skeletons”?
The new EP for "Conversations with Skeletons" by Kirk DeMatas is released today!
TIAA #29: “Five Months & Five Days”
This is a tale about not delving too deeply into emotional empathy ad infinitum. It always catches up with you.
TIAA #28: “Nomad No More?”
This is not really a tale this time. Rather, it's a testament about finally calling a place "home" - at long last.
Minneapolis: TIA’s 20th American City
Looking for new Minneapolis cityscapes, urban landscapes, and aerial views? Look no further!
TIAA #27: “The Helpless Animal & Useless Photographer”
This is a tale about the time I had felt completely useless and impotent as a photographer.
TIAA #26: “Oddball Outlier in Orbit”
This is a tale about your possible perceptions vs. my reality (and insecurities).
An American Anniversary Ritual Returns to the Emerald City
Celebrating Independence Day has returned to Seattle!
TIAA #25: “Et Jamais Ne Revient”
This is a tale about never returning to life as we knew it in January 2020.
TIAA #24: “Joyous Pride”
This is a tale about a certain city that holds its Pride parade in...September!
TIAA #23: “That One June in Juneau”
This is a tale about my first encounter with the State of Alaska.
TIAA #22: “Ambitious Distance”
This is a tale about pensive patience, perpetual pacing, and spontaneous road trips.
TIAA #21: “Going Back to My Roots”
This is a tale about sharing an image that I wanted to share two months ago!
TIAA #20: “United Mess of America”
This is a tale about an incessant epidemic that appears to be uniquely and miserably endemic to the United States of America.
TIAA #19: “People”
This is a tale about how TIA tripped into photographing people when the mission was to deliver cityscapes and urban landscapes exclusively.
Bans Off Our Bodies
View images from the Bans Off Our Bodies rally that was held in Seattle on May 14, 2022.
TIAA #18: “A Rainbow to Remind You”
This is a tale about the ephemeral enigma we all know as a rainbow.
TIAA #17: “Me, Myself & Minneapolis”
This is a tale about treasuring moments of solitude and silent contemplation.
TIAA #16: “Minneapolis: My City of Many Mixed Emotions”
This is a tale about inadvertently confronting one's own past because fate intervened with your life...again.
TIAA #15: “Mysteriously Mythological”
This is a tale about the seductive allure of an enigmatic moon sinking above the skyline of Vancouver.
TIA to be Published in New Hardcover Book!
TIA will have two original images published in the hardcover coffee table book, "The Year Time Stopped", set for release on June 21, 2022.
TIAA #14: “Reality is Relative”
This is a tale about the week I've had interacting with different people (mostly in person, this time) and what I learned.
TIAA #13: “Buenos Dias, Buenos Aires”
This is a tale about an early morning stroll through the City of Fair Winds (a.k.a. Buenos Aires).
TIAA #12: “Superwoman”
This is a tale about the bewildering and inexcusable hatred against women, and black women, in particular.
TIAA #11: “She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”
This is a tale about the enigmatic enchantment of the change of seasons as well as the inevitability of impermanence.
TIAA #10: “Merry Revelry Temporarily”
This is a tale about the bizarre plasticity and ephemeral elasticity of human camaraderie.
TIAA #9: “My Peace in the Pandemonium”
This is a tale about the challenge, tenacity, and reward of remaining positive when reality dictates otherwise.
TIAA #8: “United with Ukraine”
This is a tale about my first (and so far, only) photo assignment pertaining to Ukraine.
TIAA #7: “My Dream of Diplomacy”
This is a tale about the path I might have taken if TIA International Photography never existed -- the path I originally and aggressively pursued.
TIAA #6: “Get Here”
This is a tale about my worrisome penchant to worry about matters of which I have absolutely no control.
