I'm not a photographer. I rarely think to take a picture of anything. Still, this collection of images felt like a valuable & necessary component to this reliquary.

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  • The author holding his godson, who's watching a show on his tablet, on his shoulders after brunch.
    Carrying my dapper godson while Dad gets the car after his birthday weekend brunch. The Bills went on to beat the Titans that day
    06 Oct 2019
    Photo by Shannon Wagner
  • From Van Dyke Park in Jeffersonville, IN, a low-angle shot with the Big Four Pedestrian Bridge in the foreground, and Abraham Lincoln & John F. Kennedy Memorial bridges in the background.
    Two bridges between Louisville, KY & Jeffersonville, IN: the Big Four Pedestrian Bridge and Interstate 65 (Abraham Lincoln & John F. Kennedy Memorial bridges), shot from Van Dyke Park in Jeffersonville, IN
    16 Nov 2021
    Photo by Andrew P. Dillon
  • A shot looking up at the forms of Kendall Buster's 'Vessel Field', inside the atrium in Gilman Hall, Johns Hopkins University.
    The forms of Kendall Buster's 'Vessel Field' at Gilman Hall atrium, where I went to write during the summer I worked at Johns Hopkins University
    29 Jun 2013
    Photo by Andrew P Dillon
  • The author's immediate family in front of their garage, getting ready for a bike ride.
    The Dillons going for a bike ride in Riverside, Buffalo, NY. No idea why we owned the hockey helmet I'm wearing.
    ca. 1989
  • An anterior view ultrasound of the author's right shoulder before a venogram, showing blood obstructed in the subclavian vein. The dark areas indicate blood vessels where blood is stagnant.
    Pre-venogram ultrasound
    28 May 2015
    Photo by Ultrasound technician
  • An anterior view ultrasound of the author's right shoulder after a successful venogram, showing blood flowing through the subclavian vein & peripheral blood vessels.
    Post-venogram ultrasound
    28 May 2015
    Photo by Ultrasound technician
  • Four of the author's friends in cold weather clothing around a campfire at night. Three are seated, one is standing, all are staring into the fire.
    From left to right: Niles, Kyle, Joel, & Travis tending to the fire at their campsite in Virgin Falls Pocket Wilderness, on the bank of the Caney Fork River.
    20 Mar 2021
    Photo by Brandon Cox
  • A low-quality shot of the author's partner lying on the couch in our living room, trying to read, while her two cats, Mary Poppins & Satine, lie on her chest & lap.
    Sarah fielding the cats' neverending need for her attention
    18 Oct 2021
    Photo by Andrew P. Dillon
  • On a classroom blackboard, chalk headshots of teachers Hong Jieun & the author.
    An endearing depiction of Mrs. Hong & myself by our summer camp students at Seoul Tourism High School
    01 Jul 2010
    Photo by Andrew P. Dillon
  • The author sitting at a table with a statue of Fernando Pessoa in Lisbon
    Enjoying a sit-down with Fernando Pessoa in Lisbon. He was not kidding at all about automatic writing
    24 May 2014
    Photo by Natalia Daibert
  • The author's immediate family in front of their Christmas tree.
    The Dillons in front of our Christmas tree
    Christmas 1988
  • In Cuba's Museo de la Revolución, a wall of nearly life-sized caricatures of: Fulgencio Batista, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush
    A monument to American diplomacy in Havana's Museo de la Revolución (Kennedy's exclusion is interesting, right?)
    18 Sep 2017
    Photo by Andrew P. Dillon
  • The author & friends in Busan, South Korea, eating snacks & drinking beer at a ddeokboggi stand
    Songhe, Ryan, Sarah, & me engaging in one of my favorite Korean activities—beer & snacks at the ddeokboggi stand
    21 Oct 2018
    Photo by Kim Songhe
  • The author's paternal side of the family (23 people) sitting for a photograph.
    My dad's side of the family, including parents, siblings, cousins, in-laws, nieces, & nephews
    ca. Fall 1989
  • A photo of the statue of poet Federico Garcia Lorca in Plaza de Santa Ana, Madrid. The statue depicts Garcia Lorca holding a lark; visitors have placed flowers in his hands.
    Federico Garcia Lorca, Plaza de Santa Ana, Madrid
    20 May 2014
    Photo by Andrew P Dillon
  • Flash, the band for which the author's father was lead singer & a songwriter in the early 1970s, performing at Aliotta's Lounge in Buffalo, NY.
    My dad's band, Flash, performing at Aliotta's Lounge in Buffalo, NY
    Early 1971
  • The author & his best friend, Brandon, at Fly Free Fest in Cherokee Farms, LaFayette, GA.
    Me & Brandon at Fly Free Fest 2014
    11 Oct 2014
    Photo by Brandon Cox
  • The author in front of 'A Ginjinha Bar' in Lisbon, Portugal, after taking a shot of the Portuguese liqueur, ginja.
    In Lisbon, trying ginjinha for the first & only time
    24 May 2014
    Photo by Natalia Daibert
  • The author standing in front of a tarp (appr. 15x8') covered with drying gochu peppers outside Seoul, South Korea, possibly in the Daegu Otgol village.
    Contemplating & craving all the kimchi this gochu will make
    01 Oct 2009
    Photo by Kim Daeun
  • The author's maternal grandfather, James McCarthy, in uniform at around 25 years old.
    My grandfather, James McCarthy, in his U.S. Army uniform
    ca. Mid-1940s
  • From the roof of the author's apartment building near Seoul National University station, a picture taken in early evening looking southeast on Seoul's sprawl of high rise aparments, businesses lining the roads, and mountains in the distance.
    In Seoul's Gwanak-gu neighborbood, looking southeast from my apartment at 서울대입구 (Seoul National University station)
    09 May 2010
    Photo by Andrew P. Dillon
  • From the roof of the author's apartment building near Seoul National University station, a picture taken in early evening looking south-by-southeast on the intersection at Gwanak-ro & Nambusunhwan-ro.
    In Seoul's Gwanak-gu neighborbood, looking south-by-southeast from my apartment at 서울대입구 (Seoul National University station). The 에그엘로 (Egg Yellow) building is just in view on the right side of the frame
    09 May 2010
    Photo by Andrew P. Dillon
  • A slightly low-angle shot of a tattered American flag flying at half-staff in front of a high school football field.
    At the Stratford High School football field & track in Nashville, TN—the American flag at its now permanent half-staff position because Republicans are holding the country hostage
    01 Aug 2022
    Photo by Andrew P. Dillon
  • The author's paternal grandparents on their honeymoon at the Hotel Lexington in New York City.
    My paternal grandparents, Vivian & Charles Dillon, on their honeymoon in New York City
    15 Aug 1952
  • The author's parents, Jane & Phil, with Phil's friend & former bandmate, Larry Swist.
    Mom, Dad, & Larry Swist at my parents' wedding at the Buffalo & Erie County Botannical Gardens
    24 May 1980
  • The author & his best friend Brandon on Louisville's Big Four Pedestrian Bridge, with Interstate 65 (Abraham Lincoln & John F. Kennedy Memorial bridges) in the background.
    Brandon & I on Louisville's Big Four Pedestrian Bridge during our Summer 2016 roadtrip
    02 Jul 2016
    Photo by Wesley Bacon
  • A postcard of the interior of Marathon Restaurant in Wellsville, NY.
    A postcard of the interior of Marathon Restaurant in Wellsville, NY, owned & operated by my great-grandparents, Irene & George Petrakis
  • The author seated and holding a glass of scotch a few hours after successfully defending his MFA thesis at the University of Tennessee.
    Enjoying a scotch at Jig & Reel after defending my MFA thesis. Facebook later asked if I wanted to tag my father in this photo
    17 Apr 2014
  • A diptych of the author & his best friend, Brandon: Facing each other on either side of the Señor Taco logo (Knoxville, TN); embracing at a holiday gathering
    Brandon & I, deep in love: Señor Taco (Knoxville, TN); Jan & Carl's (Nashville, TN)
    Spring 2014; Winter 2014
  • The author holding his godson's hand and walking along a trail in Nashville, possibly Percy Warner Park's Deep Well trailhead
    Walking with my godson, possibly at Percy Warner Park's Deep Well trailhead
    Spring 2019
    Photo by Shannon Wagner
  • The author & his brother Chris at Neyland Stadium watching the Tennessee Vols football team lose to fucking Vanderbilt.
    Me & my brother at Neyland watching the Vols lose to fucking Vanderbilt
    23 Nov 2013
    Photo by Unenthusiastic stranger behind us
  • A trifold pamphlet produced as marketing for UTK's MFA in Writing program, showing the author's right hand holding a pen, next to the words 'A great place to do your best work'.
    Modeling for UTK's MFA marketing material
    Fall 2013
  • The author's younger brother, Chris, roughly 4 years old, sitting at a drum set, holding sticks, & wearing headphones.
    Pea soup pea soup pea soup bucketuh fish bucketuh fish
    ca. 1991
    Photo by Phil Dillon
  • The author holding a coffee mug featuring the face & hands of PeeWee Herman, who is giving a gesture that seems to say 'Please don't talk to me'.
    tfw the mug represents your genuine feelings toward perfunctory social interaction, but the mug is so cool that everyone wants to talk to you about it
    Spring 2014
    Photo by Andrew P Dillon
  • The author's father, singer-songwriter Phil Dillon performing.
    My father, Phil Dillon, performing
    ca. 1970
  • The author & his best friend Brandon in the photo booth during their friends' wedding.
    Me & Brandon at the photo booth for Kyle & Brittany's wedding
    02 Sep 2018
    Photo by Photo booth
  • A low-angle shot of a carved pilgrim; in Auvillar, France, there are several carvings of these pilgrims in different styles.
    One of a dozen or so 'pilgrims' perched above the Auvillar city center.
    14 May 2014
    Photo by Andrew P Dillon
  • The author & his long-time partner, Sarah, at their friends' wedding, before they started dating.
    Sarah & I at Rachel & Morgan's wedding, a few years before we started dating
    02 Jun 2012
  • The author with his left arm around a red sculpture of a person fishing in the Han Gang (Big River), somewhere in Seoul.
    Making friends with a sculpture in one of the many parks along the Han Gang in Seoul (I forget which park)
    ca. Early 2010
    Photo by Malia Kim
  • An unfinished self-sketch (in pencil) of the author at seventeen years old. The mouth was never completed, but you can see the pentimento of early attempts.
    Unfinished self-sketch at 17 years old.
    23 Oct 2002
    Photo by Andrew P. Dillon
  • The author at around one years old pointing at something beyond the camera, being held by his father, who dressed for a softball game, next to his mother wearing a Hennessey's tank top.
    My dad, the Continental philosopher, and mom, the Henny drinker
    ca. Summer 1986
  • The crescent-shaped impressions of the 2017 solar eclipse filtered through a large deciduous tree onto the author's back deck in Nashville.
    The 2017 solar eclipse filtered through the trees onto my back deck
    21 Aug 2017
    Photo by Andrew P. Dillon
  • A picture of the Springfield, IL 2021 COVID-19 Memorial. The installation "pay[s] tribute to the more than 23,000 Illinoisans who died from COVID-19 across our 102 counties, as represented by 102 sets of wings. Together, the wings hold up over 5,500 ribbons, each representing 4 Illinoisans who lost their fight with this virus".
    Each ribbon represents four COVID deaths in Illinois to total the 23,000 Illinoisans who had died (as of early 2021) of COVID-19
    24 Mar 2021
    Photo by Andrew P. Dillon
  • Sunset over the Gulf of Mexico from Panama City Beach, FL, at Bay County Public Beach Access 96.
    Exercising my one-beach-shot prerogative—sunset in Panama City Beach, FL.
    26 Oct 2020
    Photo by Andrew P. Dillon
  • A childhood photo of the author & his brother in Christmas outfits (complete with bowties) sitting on their couch in their Buffalo home.
    My brother & I in Christmas outfits in Buffalo, NY. My parents still have that couch, and it's still the most comfortable piece of furniture I've ever sat on
    ca. Christmas 1990
    Photo by Mom or Dad