ROAD TRIP: New Mexico

July 19, 2019 KKDW

Mountains, cool air, honky tonks, and trail runs.

On the weekends especially, Win, Place, and Show is packed to the gills with exceptionally well-dressed dancers and we like to sit in the gold vinyl booths, listening to the band and watching everyone twirl. It’s my favorite bar.

A couple days into the trip, we drove up to the top of West Mountain outside of Capitan. The road up was 45 minutes of big rocks and serious 4x4. When we finally got to our camping spot, I went out on the rocks with the dogs until the sun sunk down, endlessly checking in on the light and how it moved across the valley. Absolutely breathtaking.

KKDW Interiors | PA Project, pt. 1: process

June 12, 2018 KKDW

On the one hand, share only your polished, complete work; on the other, share only your polished, styled process. Where is the rambling, uninhibited road that leads to the finished line? A job’s exposition, the set up to the final reveal, is just as compelling to me as pulling the sheet off and staring at the fully executed vision we’ve been working towards all along.

i almost forgot

January 10, 2018 KKDW

I almost forgot
That to feel happy
You must sometimes do
What makes you happy

Photographs from an afternoon trip we took to a neighboring town about an hour down the road. We pulled over five different times to appreciate what was around us. It made a difference, because I had almost forgotten...