emonome | photography zine
Stories don't just connect us. They unite us.
emonome is a monthly, print-only photography zine.
Each 40-page issue weaves together my photographs, short fiction, poetry, and illustrations around a single, timeless theme. It's where my deep love of visual storytelling flourishes.
For the past decade and a half, I’ve photographed over 800 stories for The New York Times and major media clients. But this zine is different. emonome is where I bring together all that shapes me: storyteller, observer, seeker. In a world that rewards the conventional, familiar, the automatic, emonome is my independence from gatekeepers masquerading as tastemakers.
Plus, nothing compares to connecting with readers who share how emonome inspires them to revisit their love of photography.
Where to start your collection: Browse below and choose from a theme that resonates with you. Or curate your own set of themes into a bundle.
Nos. 001 - 005 will go out of print once current batch is sold out.
Bundle pricing below.
I sign every copy of the zine.
Latest - No. 015
Some say a fear of the dark stems from having a fear of the unknown, but I find comfort in the darkness. I don’t agree that darkness is the absence of light. The dark is my subconscious, a place where ideas wait for the light of day.
October, 2025.
40 pages.
$15.00
It isn’t always easy being green. It isn’t always easy being a multi-hyphenate. It’s a constant call-and-response with the world, failing in the most interesting ways, and building your own stage to perform on. Embrace being a square peg in a round world.
September, 2025. 40 pages.
No. 014
$15.00
No. 013
I never considered myself lucky. But this is an ode to luck. Good luck and bad luck. Luck isn’t a finger wagger, but the one holding the "One More Mile To Go" sign at the end of every difficult trek.
August, 2025. 40 pages.
$15.00
We like to think a journey should build toward a clear destination. But maybe enlightenment comes from the resolve to build without guarantees. To play without a fixed goal.
Issue 012 marks the one-year anniversary of emonome.
July, 2025. 40 pages.
No. 012
$15.00
My relationship with making images in black and white has always been complicated.
This black and white issue neither seeks affirmation nor pays homage to the medium’s supposed role in truth-telling.
June, 2025. 40 pages.
No. 011
$15.00
A decision's worth lies in the dilemma it defeats. When both options seem equal, but only one pulls at who you are, that's where growth lives. This issue explores beauty in uncertainty and the courage to serve what matters.
Features the short story Naghma and the Umbilica.
May, 2025. 40 pages.
No. 010
$15.00
None of us is guaranteed a tomorrow. Yet we obsess over the "Big Win" while overlooking quiet daily triumphs that sustain us. One day you win a sentence. One day you land that chord. A meditation on expectations and finding meaning in life's smallest victories.
Features the short story Syncopated.
April 2025. 40 pages.
No. 009
$15.00
We shrink ourselves to fit the choir until we become white noise. This issue celebrates dissonance, the note that breaks cycles, the voice that goes solo to parse signal from noise. On embracing what makes you “weird.”
Features the short story A Thousand Cardigans.
March 2025. 40 pages.
No. 008
$15.00
No. 007
Our best ideas emerge from contradiction. Where opposing thoughts clash, something new sparks. This issue thrives in paradox for those who find fuel in life's beautiful contradictions rather than seeking resolution.
February 2025. 40 pages.
$15.00
What about a vague idea? Sometimes the most powerful concepts start shapeless. A reflection on pursuing big, undefined ideas and the delicate balance between chaos and clarity. This issue celebrates welcoming unplanned successes and rediscovering the simple joy of making.
January, 2025. 40 pages.
No. 006
$15.00
No. 005
Everything exists to cross a threshold and become something else. An exploration of endings, how they shape who we are and create room for what's next. Finding gratitude in a year of plans that didn't succeed but unplanned successes that defined everything.
December, 2024. 40 pages.
$15.00
Final 17 copies
The lines that define identity and place, exploring these boundaries through photography, poetry, drawings, microfiction, and collage. Stories in this issue follow characters navigating physical, cultural, and personal borders, while other pieces challenge the societal labels that divide us. This collection explores connections that transcend separation, offering a vision of unity and self-definition
November, 2024. 40 pages.
No. 004
$15.00
Final 15 copies
A meditation on reflections, finding quiet revelations in the mundane through a blend of photography, poetry, drawings, collage, and microfiction. What begins as a routine morning in a Northern Manhattan park becomes a journey of self-discovery. A dialogue explores the dualities of self and shadow. This issue explores the complexity of human connection and invites readers to see wonder anew.
October, 2024. 40 pages.
No. 003
$15.00
Final 12 copies
A dive into the duality of self and shadow, blending surreal encounters with personal histories through photography, poetry, microfiction, drawings, and collage. A man separates from his shadow for a day, while another piece recalls a missed connection. This issue delves into the tension between who we are and who we hope to become, capturing those shadowed parts of identity in a mix of humor and vulnerability.
September, 2024. 40 pages.
No. 002
$15.00
Final 15 copies
The debut issue reintroduces my blog emonome as a tactile collection of storytelling across photography, poetry, drawings, collages, and microfiction, all exploring resilience and memory. From a character’s fall in a Manhattan apartment to reflective dialogues with past selves, this issue invites readers to linger on the details, using art and words to hold onto what we can’t keep and to transform memory into meaning.
August 2024. 40 pages.
No. 001
$15.00
Final 14 copies
PRICES
Single Issue: $15
Any 3 Issues: $40 (code 3Z)
Any 5 Issues: $60 (code 5Z)
*All bundle orders shipped to U.S. and International destinations are packed in rigid envelopes and include tracking information.
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