A Short Story by Josh S. Rose, 2023 — The frequency of falling leaves had grown through winter and on into spring. Normally, Grady swept on Sundays. Sundays were slow days, with little much to do aside from chores. As a child, like all children, Grady hated chores. But as an adult, chores brought with them a certain peacefulness…

And the launch of a new publication: SUPERHUMANS — Most scenarios in photography aren’t so severe that noise is really a horrendous issue. For the most part, we hover somewhere under 2,000 ISO and the noise is mostly only noticeable to those of us who are looking for it. Most casual observers of a photo shot at even 3,000…

Prologue When I was a kid, stories came to me constantly. While other kids sat chewing their pencils, I was furiously scribbling out ideas — characters, names, dialogue, scenarios — I had a well that never ran dry. I don’t know where it came from. There are similarities between the disciplines…

Perfectly Wrong — Humans appear to have looked into a crystal ball — in the style of a 1960’s Walt Disney picture book, whimsical, bold colors, strong outlines, Mary Blair, Tyrus Wong, Gustaf Tenggren — and foreseen the fall of art. Maybe humanity. Tech-pessimists, indeed all pessimists, share a common refrain in the…

You’re Like Me! — Dennis Hopper got to know James Dean on the set of Rebel Without A Cause. It began a short but rich relationship between the two, with Dean, in fact, more in the mentor role. It’s weird to think about the relationship that way, as James Dean will forever remain the…

A Photographer Finds New Landscapes — For seven years, I’ve written about photography here on Medium. It’s been amazing. More than anything, writing about it has a been companion to doing it. A document of sorts. But these days, I struggle to add to the discussion. In truth, I’ve probably carried on with it longer than…

And Why I’m Not Scared of AI — One of the women below is the mother to my children. The other three… AI-created portraits. I’ll tell you which one is real at the end. AI has been raising emotions lately on Instagram. My last few posts have used AI-created images and the response has been all over the…

The Greatest Life Hack Of All Time — The benefits of our massive, oversized brains have brought us everything from the wheel to space travel. It allows us to do things so far beyond the capabilities of other animals that we’re able to actually eat other animals without even being cognizant that we’re doing it. …

On the outside, I appear as a product of my parents, but inside — deep down — I think I may be turning into my great grandparents. By the time the Spanish Flu had begun its brutal devastation on the world, all four of my grandparents had been born. But…