January is a busy month! After The Californians opens in Carmel, I’ll be heading to Kyoto for an artist residency with 834 MIBU.

834 MIBU has been a tremendous supporter of photobooks through their publisher-curated library program, and they’ve recently begun offering housing residencies for photographic artists seeking time and space to create in this vibrant, historic city.

I plan to use my time in wintery Japan to reflect and regroup after an epic 2025, and to edit some of the new work I’ve been making in the desert over the past year. I’m especially excited to experience Kyoto in the winter — a landscape and atmosphere that is completely different from where the work was made — and to see what new perspectives that contrast brings.