Beauty in the Public Way

The George Cutter Company of South Bend was once the largest municipal street-light manufacturer in the United States. Their lamps lined cities across the country with warm light and cast ornamental detail. Beauty in the public way.

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A Post-Industrial Autumn

A note on care and neglect.

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How to Make a Small City Bigger

One man’s field guide.

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How to Make a Small City Smaller

One man’s weather report.

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My New Broadsheet, Dreaming in Butte

I first pulled into Butte, Montana on a Monday in August and took a room at the Finlen Motor Inn. I was in town for a wedding, showing early with my camera and fifteen rolls of 35 mm film. I found it a place fluent in loss and in life, in stories of beauty, bricks, and work. I walked its streets for hours on end, and on the last night, I met a girl.

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Eight Years on Tutt Street

A reflection on a photograph.

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See New Work

I’m opening the studio on the evening of Tuesday, June 10 to share a new print project. You are invited.

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Friday Night In Bloom

A brief report from two gallery openings in downtown South Bend.

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My New Book, Walking in Wheeling

I first paid Wheeling, West Virginia a visit on account of a friend who sent me a poem about the city. Here is a beautiful city with a depth to its history and a complexity to its present, with some committed people betting on its future. I walked its streets for hours on end, camera in hand.

Jacob TitusJacob TitusNovember 13, 2024Photography