Cultural Documentation

Visitors naturally space themselves while admiring street art in Portland's Pearl District, inadvertently practicing social distancing in this pre-pandemic scene.
A traditional newsstand on Prince Street in SoHo displays its overwhelming collection of magazines and publications in tightly packed rows under fluorescent lighting.
Clayton Patterson, the Canadian-born folk historian and photographer, sits surrounded by decades of collected artifacts in his Lower East Side studio on Essex Street.
Sales associate Tony Chisholm pauses outside OK Boot Corral in Vancouver's Gastown, embodying the enduring Western spirit amid historic brick and glass storefronts.
A loaded adventure motorcycle pauses during travels through Vancouver's residential Grandview-Woodland district.
Electronic music artist Jack Coleman, founder of SubSensory label and event company, photographed in Portland's Factor Building studio space.
Clayton Patterson — artist, documentarian, and photographer — in his Lower East Side studio, New York City.