The collapse was self-inflicted.

I AM GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH THIS YEAR, IF IT KILLS ME.

Wrapping up 2025 with my first positive Covid test. Happy new year.

I am determined as God is my witness to start the Trump fake hand conspiracy theory. His hand isn't showing signs of an undisclosed illness. It's a fake painted Halloween costume hand because his hand was already removed. It's time.

Enough with resisting, it’s time to fight.

My wish for Bluesky in the upcoming year is a more robust art community. There are a lot of great people on here but the other place (insta/threads) really has an advantage that’s becoming insurmountable.

remember: no bailouts for “A.i.” companies

One of the best things about my 40’s is realizing I can do so many things I thought I never could.

Hate to say it but 2026 is already shaping up to be a “find out” year. Buckle up.

Abstraction is subversive. “Rick’s Fish Market” Digital collage/illustration, 2025.

Hey! 2025 was terrible. Happy new year.

Introducing: Reading . . . for men.

wtf

Nothing like seeing your work in print! Proud to have work the latest issue of Umber magazine, more info at the link. Support independent media! www.thisisumber.com

Final installment of Recent Photographs for 2025. Los Angeles, 12/2025

Out working… Taken back in January by my good friend Haline. Echo Park, 2025.

excuse me?!

“A Home Depot in Los Angeles installed three high-pitch noise-emitting machines outside to deter day laborers from seeking work there, causing them to suffer headaches and nausea, advocates alleged at a press conference on Wednesday.”

Just watched “One Battle After Another” and confirmed it’s almost certainly the “Crash” of this era (not a compliment).

I don’t ever want to hear anyone say “the raids aren't as bad.” this is the last 2 days. lataco.com/daily-memo-d...

very weird feeling watching a seemingly coked out president yell at you for 20 minutes straight

This year in the United States was definitely the end of one era and the beginning of another, yet to be defined one.

The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes. I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.

Actual photojournalism from the top rope…!

“Was I a DEI hire?” It’s a question that WIRED senior writer Jason Parham sometimes asks. In an industry perpetually on the verge of extinction, Parham jokes that the only reason he’s survived so long is because he’s Black. www.wired.com/story/dei-di...

Gullah-Geechee descendants on Sapelo Island may be facing a massive property tax increase that could open the doors for developers to turn the island into a vacation spot for the rich A meeting for property owners to give feedback is scheduled for today

very interesting that the guy who wrote the “i can’t find a job because i’m white” piece zeroed in on me as responsible for the negative response on bluesky, despite the fact that i wrote a single post about the piece well after the discourse had started.

Those Vanity Fair White House photos are complex, layered and subversive in a way that only real photographs can be.

Believe Californians when they tell you that a California politician sucks.

Portraits (2025) zine available now. www.nonstndrd.com/portraits-20...

Living in the “post-economic” era.

The unemployment rate for Black workers soared to 8.3% in November. That's more than double the rate for white workers.

I love @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social so much, but this is a different gear, a moment in which he gets to the shortfalls and economy of AI better than a few hundred pieces I’ve read : www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrgLN1c7/

Since day one, L.A. TACO’s small-but-mighty staff has produced crucial daily reports on the ongoing immigration raids. Your membership makes this possible. It’s what keeps L.A. TACO fearless, local, and totally independent. Become a member today: lataco.com/join #FreeLA

On a great note, I have some work in a group show opening in January! Really excited, more info soon.

About ready to wrap this year up. Done.

Bus Stops (2016-2019) is a photo zine released in 2025 by Nonstndrd Creative Projects. Centered around a set of photographs depicting bus stop scenes from around Los Angeles and Pasadena, it is from a period when my documentary street practice was in high gear. www.nonstndrd.com/bus-stops-20...

“The work of Anthony Hernandez was an enormous influence on the work I was making at the time. In fact, the center spread from the Bus Stops zine was taken at the same corner (3rd St. and Vermont Ave.) as “Public Transit Areas #12: Los Angeles, 1980” by Anthony Hernandez, 39 years apart.”

You read the news in the morning & you know that we live in an age of terrorism. By individuals, by groups, & perhaps especially by states. Damn them all.

My latest photography zine, Bus Stops (2016-2019) is available now. More about it here: www.nonstndrd.com/bus-stops-20...

The report includes three U.S. Citizens from the L.A. area, speaking out for the first time and a six-year-old child with autism kidnapped in Massachusetts. The full story: lataco.com/10-damning-t... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares

Donate, or don’t! If you have the means, donate to Expo (we’re a fiscally sponsored nonprofit thanks to Fractured Atlas), and let us use those funds to support and pay our contributors, host #ExpoPresents events, mentor interns and young writers, and so much more: tinyurl.com/ExpoDonation.

Nonstndrd Creative Projects hit the goal of publishing 4 zines for the second consecutive year with the upcoming release of “Portraits (2025)” & “Bus Stops (2016-2019)”. More info on both coming soon before next weeks official drop, big thanks for the ongoing support!

Got my two new zines back from the printer today and I really just love making things.

They should invent a city that doesn't spend 60% of its budget on cops

We deserve this rn. Like as a planet

Ryan Coogler explains why he declined the invitation to join the Academy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/m...

Every Lakers loss this season is to the same type of team in the same exact way.

I’m not at all surprised at how consistently design and aesthetics are at the forefront of the fight against authoritarianism. I wrote about this trend for PROCSSS back in August, history provides lessons on how to fight back. www.nonstndrd.com/revolution-b...

Two new digital illustrations I’ve completed in the past week.