Howard Tyner began taking photographs with a Brownie and 120 film in the early 1950s before he was 10 years old. His real interest in photography, however, was piqued when he landed a job as a correspondent in London in 1967. That led to postings in Vienna, Frankfurt, Bonn, Warsaw and Moscow—and an abundance of subjects for a shooter with lots of film.

Ten years later Tyner joined the Chicago Tribune, which resulted in another three years in Moscow and quite a bit of other foreign adventures. Personal travel since the mid-1980s and the transition to digital 10 years ago has produced an electronic mountain of images stored on multiple hard drives. Various friends and relatives who have seen some of Tyner’s images over the years have suggested they be made available to a wider audience. Hence this site. The images tend towards conventional subjects portrayed in unconventional ways; shadow and silhouette are frequent tools here as well as repetitive shapes. Humor never hurts either.