2025 08 03

Meijer in an unknown location, but likely Indiana. November, 2022. © Clayton Hauck

If you’re paying attention, you might’ve noticed some images in recent days which were made back in late 2022. I’ve been digging through work made with my Ricoh (most of the images on this here blog are from one of my two Ricohs) in an effort to print some kind of zine/booklet situation. What, exactly, it will be is still unclear, however, it will definitely be a showcase of my personal photography and writing.

Unrelatedly, today my sister texted me a photo of the two booklets I made a decade prior. Those were less-so my own work and instead featured various things I’d read over the past year, which I wanted to share with friends. This time, I’ll be sharing my own work instead of stealing things from others and reproducing them. One regret is not doing this sooner. Another regret is not continuing the tradition of printing things, whatever they may be, and sharing them with friends. I guess I’ve got some time to make up for and friends to make.

-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