2025 05 20
Traveling salesmen for god, or whatever. Chicago, Illinois. May, 2025. © Clayton Hauck
What better time of year to feel the optimism of new and exciting projects than spring? Birds chirping, weeds popping, trees leafing out. Passing these two youts while driving home from an editorial assignment, I felt the urge to pull over and make a photo of them. Really, I wanted to interview them as well and post it all on my new blog, however, the reality is that I have far too many hobbies these days and far too few jobs. Perhaps one of these hobbies will start bering fruit before the season ends and the firm hold of winter takes hold yet again.
-Clayton
2025 05 16
Cool red car at Casey’s. Franklin Grove, Illinois. May, 2025. © Clayton Hauck
As my hands were filled of gas station snacks, I fumbled for my camera but didn’t get to it before this classic vehicle drove off. Alas, this iphone snap was all I came away with. It is, however, a nice reminder to myself that I’ve really been enjoying my time out in rural Illinois. This town, in particular, is one I will likely be spending much more time in in the years ahead.
-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
2025 02 28
Bird of prey. Chicago, Illinois. February, 2025. © Clayton Hauck
Sometimes you walk to get tacos and on your way back to the studio see a hawk in the tree and snap a bunch of photos of it, then get back to the studio, eat the tacos, do some emails, open up the Lapse app to see the photos have developed and download one to post on your blog that probably nobody will ever see. Shit, looks like it back-focused. We’ll get him next time. Tacos were solid, at least.
-Clayton