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Wil Anderson, Jr.

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thinking, walking and talking about being human. wiljr.substack.com

Oct 2

a walk, a thought, and being present.

i’ve been walking a lot lately. many times, especially early in the morning, it’s on my own. always with camera and some gear with me. i travel light and minimal, generally, and this is no exception. lately, i’ve been playing around with wondering how can we be present in today’s incredibly divisive and chaotic world. so i started reading and listening and watching content geared towards just that, and i’ve been writing and recording and filming content to see how i can get from here to there. i’m creating these pieces in a story i’m calling on being human. and i’m collecting these pieces on my website, www.wiljr.org. this audio piece was recorded on tuesday, september 29, 2026. it’s a short-ish piece to help me get some things out of my head. the cover photo was taken a few days earlier, on september 27, looking down columbus avenue towards midtown. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wiljr.substack.com
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Aug 19

behind those shots.

a new york city photo walk from the west side to the guggenheim and back. what is this? i went for a walk in august that ended up being a pretty good example of why i like photographing new york: i started on the west side of manhattan, walked across central pPark, went up fifth avenue past the met and the guggenheim museums, and then came back across the park to buy fruit at a fruit stand. i took 135 photographs along the way. and looking back at them, i realized i wasn’t really photographing the places i was walking through. i was photographing the things that made me stop. i thought it’d be fun to show-and-tell through these photos. so this is the first behind those shots video, of me trying to remember why i took those shots. shorts and stuff. the shorts i’ve been making → are pretty simple: * i walk * i see something * i photograph it * i make a very short video there’s obviously more to the photograph than what fits into twelve-ish seconds. so i wanted to experiment with something longer. * this isn’t really a photography tutorial. * it’s not a vlog. * and it’s not really a gear show. it’s more like sitting down after a walk and talking through what i saw. i walk around new york city a lot. i photograph a lot. and i’ve started to realize that the interesting part isn’t necessarily the photograph itself. it’s the reason i stopped to take it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wiljr.substack.com

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thinking, walking and talking about being human. wiljr.substack.com

Creator

Wil Anderson, Jr.
Years Active

2025 - 2026
Episodes

3
Rating

Clean
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