travel - Jack Cheng

Just past sunrise, frosted open field, cart tracks into the distance.

#350: End of a Season

Brief travels to New Orleans and Austin.

Black and white. Smokies through a clearing of trees.

#316: A Marvel, An Obfuscation

Thoughts on developing film.

Residential sky. Tall pine tree.

#299: A Quick Chicago Trip

Looking out airplane window.

#294: An Unintentional Retreat

Supertrees at Gardens by the Bay

#289: Un-Collapsing

Trees along a rest stop parking lot.

#285: Retreat

Photo from airplane window of fields spotted with clouds

#276: Flying into DTW at Golden Hour

#271: Shanghai Core Sample, 2019

#271: Shanghai Core Sample, 2019

#270: Memberships are Now Live!

Empty blue basketball court, wet pavement.

#269: Doctor, Lawyer, Engineer

What I tell students at the schools I'm visiting.

#268: Greetings from Hong Kong

#268: Greetings from Hong Kong

#264: New Hope

#264: New Hope

#257: Better Questions

#257: Better Questions

#254: Minor Setbacks

#254: Minor Setbacks

#224: Travel Cold

#224: Travel Cold

A bunch of weirdos (and three pups), eyes closed, pointing at the sun.

#217: Eclipse Tripse, Part 2

#216: Eclipse Tripse

Looking up at ceiling, strings of colorful mobiles.

#199: Texas Librarians

Me in the store, pointing to a stack of books.

#194: End of the Tour

Magic hour apartment buildings, Willis Tower peaking from behind.

#175: The Toughest Work of All

Looking up at framed black and white photo of Bob Dylan, against wood-paneled wall.

#173: They Keep Me Surrounded

Hikers in the Himalayas, looking out over mountain valley.

#172: Jump Starts

Looking up stairs at stupa. Colorful prayer flags.

#171: On the Move

DB, back to camera, walking downhill along tall cedars.

#170: How We Japan

Neon alley. Slightly blurry.

#169: The Gate

#168: Salt and Fire

#167: Fault Tolerance

#166: Learning to Squat

#165: The Most Shanghai

#161: New Mountains

#136: Shanghai Nights

Black and white, looking up at statued spires atop the roofs of the Sanctuary of Truth

#135: A New Year's Wish

#117: Only in New York

#107: New Orleans

Eucalyptus, thin branches, overhanging sky view, obscuring white modern buildings.

#106: Loveline

Red rocked desert, three stony brothers.

#105: Monument Valley

Carved wood trim and columns, painted teal, yellow and red; small tree reaching up toward interior skylight.

#104: Seeing Mountains

#85: Some Thoughts On Spider-Man

#85: Some Thoughts On Spider-Man

Hairpinned Mediterranean roads. Sea and green cliffs, terra cotta roofs.

#84: Outward Movement

Wyeth's Christina's World house.

#71: An Empty House

#66: This is Darkness

#51: Home

Black and white. Escaped 'Welcome Back' balloon against drop ceiling fluorescent light.

#49: The Longest Day

Wave-swept tire tracks on a beach.

#48: The Pacific Stole my Glasses

#47: And I'm Not Just Talking About the Clash

#47: And I'm Not Just Talking About the Clash

#46: Pop Songs

#45: Unpaved Cowpaths

#44: Loading

POV of bare feet on show-white salt.

#43: Stamina and the Search for Endings, Part 3

#42: Stamina and the Search for Endings, Part 2

#41: Stamina and the Search for Endings, Part 1

Black and white from inside of cave.

#40: The Darkness You See

#39: Adventure Mode

Zebra print cross walk, green bus in background.

#38: Soroche

Black and white, surfers and rocky beach.

#37: A Week in Lima

#36: Out to Sea But Not

#35: Travels With Myself and a Cold

#33: Misunderstood

Late-night musings on an Apple ad.

Passengers pulled over along the side of the road, opposite foggy greenhills.

#32: Great Ocean Road

On tour buses, from Melbourne.

#31: Fog or Smog

Postcard from the global economy.

#30: Breath

A new essay; travel plans.

#22: Macguffins, Parabolas, and the Thing Above

#19: And You Want to Travel Blind

Interest sonar, Leonard Cohen, and the next thing.

#12: On Gathering and Digging

#11: LA Driving

#10: Somewhere Else

Walter de Maria's Lightning Fields at dusk.

#9: The Space Between

#8: Three Changes from Fog City

#7: People Shaped Algorithms