My latest book, An Atlas of Ordinary Wonders: Dispatches from the Edge, is out today. Available in paperback, ebook, and on Kindle Unlimited. Twenty photo essays with nearly two hundred photos. Universal Amazon link: https://mybook.to/AAOOW

Here’s the description:

An Atlas of Ordinary Wonders is a journey across overlooked corners of the world and into the heart of everyday life. Gathering twenty vivid photo essays originally published in Edge of Humanity Magazine, this collection captures the beauty, resilience, and complexity of communities often absent from traditional travel narratives. From the bustling livestock markets of Kashgar to the fading streets of California’s last Chinese town, from the glowing energy of Ningxia Night Market to the windswept landscapes of the Sigatoka Sand Dunes, these essays reveal extraordinary stories hidden within ordinary moments.

Blending documentary photography with reflective storytelling, An Atlas of Ordinary Wonders invites readers to slow down and look closer. Each chapter offers an intimate portrait of place, culture, labor, memory, or survival, celebrating the small rituals and human connections that shape life across continents. More than a travel book, it is a meditation on curiosity, empathy, and the quiet wonders waiting at the edge of the familiar.

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