22/05/2026
Happy Memorial Day from the Jersey Shore 🌊☀️
I used to have a summer share on Long Beach Island a long time ago. Coming back to photograph it for this story felt like a full-circle moment and a slightly bittersweet one.
LBI is home to one of the densest collections of modernist and eclectic residential architecture in the country. Decades of bold, inventive building by architects who understood this landscape and ran with it. But that legacy is under quiet pressure. A wave of new construction — conservative in style, safe in ambition — is gradually replacing what made this island architecturally singular. It's a tension that plays out block by block, and once those homes are gone, they're gone.
Photographing it for this story felt urgent in that way. A reminder to look closely while there's still so much to see.
This piece was a genuine collaboration. Working alongside a talented writer Michael Harmon, with editors at who brought real care to the story. That kind of partnership makes all the difference.
The story is live now. Link in bio.