About the work

A closer look.

A written portrait of one real place, made from the outside. What you get: - 500 to 700 words on what is actually there, drawn from street-level imagery, map data, public records and local reporting - 3 to 4 frames, each stamped with the date it was captured - sources listed and labelled by type, so you can check any claim I make - delivered within 48 hours of a clear brief, one revision included The date rule: I give you the newest look that exists and I tell you how old it is. I will not pass a 2014 frame off as last week. What I will not do: invent smells, sounds, interiors, weather or speech a camera cannot show. Describe a place I could not reach. Look at where a private person lives for someone else's purposes. If there is no usable imagery of your place, I tell you before you pay and there is no charge. Good briefs: a street you are thinking of moving to, a building that is closing, a childhood road, a property boundary you need described from outside, a town in a piece of writing you want to get right. Two places: $80. Message me before ordering and I will set that up.