I stopped by my old babysitter with a good friend yesterday to chat with Helen. Now 93, Helen had a huge hand in raising me and many other children in Metropolis over a span of about 15 years. I knew Helen’s as a place to play, dig holes in the earth with spoons, stomp on...
My girlfriend wakes up early three times a week to open the coffee shop, so I’m trying to take advantage of the natural alarm clock and shoot some morning frost. Nature photography has never been my bag, but I’m realizing now how much I miss the cold. I enjoy how the leaves and grass crunch...
I used to love running around the encampment as a child, rummaging through the toys and watching Native Americans chip flint into arrow heads and tools. I think I enjoy it almost as much today. The Encampment is a two-day festival held at Massac State Park in Metropolis, full of Revolutionary War-period reenactors.
Looking through the archives and found a couple snaps of my prints for the Missouri Photo Workshop 60 print show in 2008. I adored this workshop. The energy. The focus. The inspiration.
More country-side driving. This time with my father. Rural southern Illinois, corn fields, pastures and soybeans.
A couple scenes from a drive through rural Paducah with friends. The “Billboard Graveyard” and some train tracks.
(the following is an exert from an email correspondence to a good friend directly following this hike) it took about 48 hours to hitch from salem, mass. to columbus ohio my first night out i made it to northern connecticut by a few short rides and was eventually picked up by an older woman, very...
Sorry for the extended absence. After exploring Morocco I arrived in Spain a bit worn. Tired. Following a failed attempt to hitchhike through even a small part of Spain, I purchased an overnight ticket to Barcelona (eight hours working for a lift in the southern Spain sun, suck. Maybe next time with far, far, far...
I won’t be accessing my blog much for the next month. I will be traveling and working in Morocco. So I’m saying goodbye. If you wish to reach me please e-mail me at johnhenryphoto@gmail.com Until then, much love.
learning spanish is not easy but when you find yourself talking to a beautiful spanish girl it’s much more easy traveling can be scary listen to your body just relax i like hitchhiking more than hiking i prefer villages to camping i’m ready to live in a city i spend too much time in front...
