A Photographer's Notebook

Frames
from the road.

A private archive in thirteen chapters — from the streets of Roma to the Caribbean, from Bilbao steel to Mexico City color.

Venice · Italy
A Note from the Photographer

“The cities I have walked through and the light I have walked under have a way of insisting on being remembered.”

The photographs gathered here weren't taken for a client or a magazine. They are notes from journeys — most taken at the edge of a working trip, in the hour before dinner, or before the rest of the family woke up. They live here because they deserved to live somewhere.

Thirteen Chapters

The Book.

A field journal organized by the rooms of the world.

Cover of Roma
Chapter I

Roma

Rome

2 Photographs2026
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Cover of Venezia
Chapter II

Venezia

Venice

3 Photographs2018–2026
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Cover of Tuscany
Chapter III

Tuscany

Toscana

3 Photographs2022–2026
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Cover of Italia
Chapter IV

Italia

Costa Amalfitana

2 Photographs2019–2022
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Cover of Provence
Chapter V

Provence

The Lavender Coast

5 Photographs2017–2026
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Cover of Bordeaux
Chapter VI

Bordeaux

Wine Country

4 Photographs2025
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Cover of Basque Country
Chapter VII

Basque Country

Bilbao

4 Photographs2023–2025
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Cover of España
Chapter VIII

España

Ibiza & Andalusia

4 Photographs2018–2023
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Cover of Greece
Chapter IX

Greece

The Cyclades

4 Photographs2018–2026
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Cover of The Americas
Chapter X

The Americas

High places

7 Photographs2022–2026
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Cover of Mexico
Chapter XI

Mexico

Mexico City

16 Photographs2022–2026
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Cover of Jamaica
Chapter XII

Jamaica

The Caribbean

3 Photographs2022–2024
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Cover of California
Chapter XIII

California

At Home

5 Photographs2013–2026
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The Photographer

The avocation
alongside the work.

Kwame J. Granderson is a real estate investor, attorney, and fund manager based in Los Angeles. He carries a Canon 5D and an iPhone on every trip.

The day job lives at kwamegranderson.com. This site is the other half — what he sees when he isn't underwriting a deal.

For prints, licensing, or to compare notes on travel, write to the studio.