Alto
It’s likely that Alto will be my last visit this year to a village/small town in the region around West […]
Marne
With the first real snow on the ground and in evidence in this these photographs, I decided that I’m getting […]
Byron Center
Last week I spent some time photographing in Byron Center. It’s an interesting place and I got some nice images […]
Sand Lake
I visited Sand Lake on a whim. It’s a village of 500 or so, about 30 minutes north of Grand […]
Freeport (The Halloween Special)
When I chose to go to Freeport it was a kind of random decision. It also was serendipitous. There are […]
Moline
What do you call a place that’s smaller than a village? I found myself thinking about this as I was […]
Lake Odessa
This is an interesting little town. Just over 2,000 people, it was settled first in the late 1830s and has […]
Clarksville
This is the smallest of the small towns in West Michigan that I’ve photographed so far. The village of Clarksville […]
Caledonia
Of all the small towns and villages in West Michigan that I’ve photographed this summer, Caledonia is the most dominated […]
Cedar Springs
All places are interesting in some way, I think. But some have peculiarities that others don’t. Cedar Springs, a town […]
Greenville
The more I’ve spent time photographing small towns in West Michigan, the more I find that they all have interesting […]
Allegan
On a whim this week, I found myself curious about the town of Allegan. I spent a late morning and […]
Wayland
Last weekend i photographed a “bougie” small town in West Michigan. This weekend, I went to Wayland, south of Grand […]
Rockford
Compared to most of the other small towns in West Michigan that I’ve photographed, Rockford feels like a “boutique” small […]
Kent City
The drive to Kent City, taking Fruit Ridge Avenue north from I-96, is pretty. Orchards. Farms. Rolling hills. And Kent […]
Sparta
This weekend I visited another small town in West Michigan: Sparta. (I can’t help but hear the name spat out […]
Saranac Village
Until this weekend, I’d gone by Saranac a bunch of times, while driving between Lowell and Ionia. And I’d biked […]
Village of Middleville
If you’re willing to be “evidence-driven” you’ll find yourself being taken in directions you did not expect. I find that […]
Belding
This Saturday I decided to go to Belding, Michigan, to photograph. It’s a town of about 6,000 people, a half […]
Coopersville in Polaroid
This weekend I went to Coopersville, Michigan, to photograph. It was very quiet there late morning. There is the historic […]
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