From Manuscript to Bookshelves
People Crave Media enjoys the process of writing, designing, and delivering a compact product; whether that's an instruction manual on how to create homemade cameras, a handbook on how to bicycle to Maryland, or documentation of personal experiences in a memoir format.
Theoretical concepts are cool; however, real-world examples of solutions to complex issues are much more interesting. Take a look at our collection of specific projects; those are the ones that we are most proud of!
Instructional Manuals: The smartest people never stop learning; flip the page.
Biking the GAP
Biking the GAP is a visual documentary of the trail, focusing on all unique and historical points of interest; the strength of this trail lies in the total sum of its parts rather than a handful of specific spectacles. The photography comprehensively represents the complex trail in all its character, charm, and personality.
The Pinhole Camera
The Pinhole Camera is a practical how-to manual for making pinhole cameras and images.The techniques contained here are not difficult to master, and soon you will find yourself constructing your own cameras and making wonderful, innovative images. The content is divided into four parts, spanning fourteen comprehensive chapters.
Memoir Collections: A little self-reflection can go a long, long way ... baby.
Project 365
Project 365: musings of a professional daydreamer, trapped in the body of a middle-aged, middle-American, middle-class dad. A creative endeavor of one photograph and one narrative, per day, for each day of the calendar year—between January 25, 2017, and January 25, 2018—to document my forty-fourth revolution around the sun. The complete collection encompasses four volumes.
Quotidian
Quotidian is a reflection of my daily life as influenced by the man that I've become over the last fifty years. Utilizing the iPhone camera and app-based filtering, the photographic essay follows the format of one captured photograph, each day, for one year. True to its name, Quotidian filters the world through a truly mundane filter, championing the ordinary magic of everyday life.
Square 51
Square 51 is a collection of compiled images and seventy-three narratives that document my fifty-first year of life; although, the book title is a reflection of more than just another birthday on any given calendar year. As I began writing, the stories metamorphosed: when I wasn't looking, as I had my back turned, secretly while I slept. Characters conjured themselves, injecting comedic wit and humor into my story.
Travelogues: It's the journey, not the destination—so they say.
Travels with Cali
Inspired by Steinbeck's famous travelogue, Travels with Cali spans twenty-seven stories: illustrating a 2017 cross-country travel through fourteen states, eleven national parks, and three state parks. From Pennsylvania to California, from mountains to sea (and back), humorous stories of family travel and mishaps will entertain any Armchair Traveler.
Points of interest include: Gateway Arch, City Museum, center of the United States, Denver, Arches, Dead Horse Point, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Area 51, Yosemite, Bodie, Kings Canyon, Hollywood, Disneyland, Death Valley, Las Vegas, Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Mesa Verde, Great Sand Dunes, and Serpent Mound.
North By Northwest
Inspired by Hitchcock's movie masterpiece, North By Northwest chronicles a 2021 cross-country trip through sixteen states, four national parks, one national memorial and monument and historic site. Dubbed the "Vacation of Infamous Hotels," marked by an excessive booking of Super 8 and Travelodge entities, our family travel during COVID-19 proved to be quite challenging.
Points of interest include: Indiana Dunes, World's Largest Truckstop, World's Only Corn Palace, Badlands, Mount Rushmore, an authentic portion of the Berlin Wall, Minuteman Missile, Custer State Park, another center of the United States, Devils Tower, Medicine Wheel, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Carhenge, Nashville, and Mothman Museum.