2025 10 10
The Next Picture Show. Dixon, Illinois. August, 2025. © Clayton Hauck
This year, I had an idea for a photo project I really wanted to attempt. Sadly, if never came together mostly due to me not having any time to dedicate to it.
There’s always next year, so they say.
-Clayton
2025 10 02
Haley & Buddy. Dixon, Illinois. August, 2025. © Clayton Hauck
Here’s a recent favorite snap. Definitely need to get back into the habit of sharing images of people and a bit less images of trash on the sidewalk and busted cars. We’ll get there. I can never fully quit the busted cars, though. Excited to get back out to the farm maybe this weekend! I’ve got tons more images from there, as well…
-Clayton
2025 07 02
Dollar General. Dixon, Illinois. June, 2025. © Clayton Hauck
Some great nuggets in this talk with Tim Carpenter and Jason Lee. Photography is showing how you make sense of the world. Heidegger said: it’s not what we know about the world that’s really ourselves, it’s our habits and our inclinations, and the way we move through it; that’s who we really are.
When I pulled into the parking lot (reluctantly, as I loathe Dollar General) to buy some cups, this scene got me incredibly excited. I snapped a few frames out my window with the trusty Ricoh, and here we are, discussing it on the internet a week later.
Will it work as well in b/w? Likely not. Luckily I’m a color junkie.
-Clayton
2025 06 22
Open. Be Back Tuesday. Dixon, Illinois. May, 2025. © Clayton Hauck
It’s wild how quickly time moves on once you de-prioritize something from your life.
-Clayton
2025 05 14
Date right on the photo? What a concept! Roadside trees, somewhere outside of Dixion, Illinois. May, 2025. © Clayton Hauck
Soon, I will start to post more “real” photos from my Illinois Wandering trips. Until I find the time to edit said images, I figured I would stay on the Roadside Tree theme and post a phone image. The immediacy of the iPhone is hard to defeat, I will admit. I leaned on the phone for this purpose for far too long and am still struggling to fight the urge. Apps like Lapse make it even more fun and convenient.
Side note: I love this time of year, when the trees are leafing out, yet not so full that you can’t see through them.
-Clayton