Christopher Barzak

Category: Photos

  • A few items of summer

    It’s been a while since I last posted the picture of my cat screaming, and various things have occurred both before and after that, which I am aiming to catch up with and report here, in this dusty corner of the internet. Item One:  As of this summer, I have new literary representation in the…

  • New Pics, New Blogging (maybe)

    My adopted Japanese mother recently complained that I no longer take pictures of things and post them online.  She questioned whether this was because I needed a new camera.  Maybe my old one no longer worked? And so when my birthday came, a package from Japan arrived at my house.  Inside the package was a…

  • C’est Moi

    I rarely post pics like I did all the time in Japan, since it was like, you know, another country and all that.  But my friend Jan took a pic of me tonight at a board meeting for the Oakland Center for the Arts, and I didn’t realize it. I always like the candid photos…

  • Brooklyn Sighting

    A snapshot of the most recent book in the wilds of Brooklyn, of all places, sent to me by my friend Robert Levy.  That’s a nice wall of books. Thanks, Robert!

  • Valentine’s Cats

    We got these little dudes a year ago today, and I’ve regretted it every day since.  Just look at their faces.  Regret is written all over them.                                                        …

  • Pics from KGB

    Okay, so here’s a little break into the interlude I’d claimed would be the standard over the holidays.  Ellen Datlow put up photos from the evening I read with Alaya Dawn Johnson at the KGB bar last week.  It was a packed house, a fun night, a great audience.  Here are several of my favorite…

  • Youngstown: Descent into Darkness

    My friend Deb over at Youngstown Moxie found this great photography project on rustbelt cities created by freelance photojournalist Sean Posey of San Francisco. His family left Youngstown in the 80s and now he’s putting together a fine art/documentary project that will look at Youngstown and other areas of Michigan and Pennsylvania as it considers…

  • Gratuitous kitten photos

    My friend Jaci took these photos of my kittens a couple weekends ago, and now I find I am unable to stop myself from sharing the cute.  Thanks for photos, Jaci!

  • Modern Ruins

    One of my favorite sites on the internet these days is Shaun O’Boyle’s Modern Ruins.  Full of photographic essays about places whose industries, way of life, or some other historical aspect, has fallen into ruin, it’s a beautiful way to preserve a particular swath of our cultural memory.  My favorite is the Big Steel collection,…

  • Obama at YSU

    Obama came to Youngstown State University to speak to a crowd of 6000 today. I was down in the pit with a couple of friends, about ten feet from the stage, and had a good view of him. Took some pictures (and also some video, but I held the camera up and down instead of…