2025.06
- Completed printing workprints for Out of Memory Vol. 7 and Vol. 8, including custom storage boxes—now only two volumes behind digital archive
- Designed and published a 40-roll rugged film storage box design
- Listed all my 4x5 and 6x17 lenses on Mercari as part of ongoing gear decluttering
- Launched photographic website at toto.photo!
- Started an experimental photography sketchbook
- Started year-long bookbinding class in Tokyo
- Added photos of the Unbound Notebook System to the page
- Prepared and printed materials for Jinny Street Gallery’s Big City Bathing exhibition (opened May 16th)
- Activated the Jinny Street Gallery newsletter which now has around 130 subscribers
- Traveled to Berlin for byLudo’s Green Product Award ceremony; met George Nebieridze who I haven’t seen in a decade.
- Spent time in Rome working intensively on Soma and Synapse development
- Made prototype Mac app for converting digital negatives to positives – not sure I’ll continue
- Did portrait photography test shoot in Villa Pamphili Park
- Traveled to Ariccia; food was amazing
- Got confirmation for [redacted] retreat in late September in Canada – excited
- Arrived to Madrid
The highlight of the month, particularly on the very last day, is definitely the upcoming retreat to Canada in September. I’m really looking forward to it. As a bonus, I’ll be doing it with my dear friend and fellow photographer, Leon Gallo.
Soma.app has grown into an entire ecosystem of thinking tools, which I’m calling Synapse. It’s a bit of an ambitious project and will require at least a year of work, but hopefully, I’ll have a working prototype and perhaps even an alpha program together in a couple of months. If you want to follow along with the progress, make sure to subscribe to The Flâneur, where I might announce a dedicated newsletter or work blog.
As usual, this month also felt empty before writing the summary above. It is astonishing how helpful this practice has become to my end-of-month routine.