Personal folio · Sydney & elsewhere

A place for the things I keep.

Photographs, places, objects and the occasional note. Nothing here needs to sell anything.

Open the folio
The weathered limestone cliffs of the Razorback on Victoria's coast
The RazorbackPort Campbell, Victoria

Selected photographs

Four studies for now. My own pictures will replace these.

A 1940s wooden desk with an old typewriter and scattered papers
A desk left aloneKidron, Ohio
Coastal cliffs and calm water at Watsons Bay
South HeadWatsons Bay, New South Wales
Sunlight falling across the cliffs and sea at Jan Juc
Last lightJan Juc, Victoria

Notes from the margins

Small entries, added when there is something worth keeping.

No. 001

The useful object

A thing earns its place by working, ageing well, or holding a memory. Two out of three will do.

No. 002

On taking the long way

The road beside the water is slower. That is generally the point.

No. 003

A private collection

Taste starts with attention. Collect the evidence and leave the explanation alone.

About this address

This is Ryan’s quiet corner of the internet.

I made it for friends, family and the occasional person who types my name correctly. It holds the parts of life I am happy to leave in public.

The site has no feed, comments or reason to hurry. It changes when I have something to add.