Trope Stories

Purchase In the Arena Peter Shea has been a writer, editor, and teacher for over 25 years, and a history geek for far longer. He has written about prominent Irish Americans, educational gaming, and cutting-edge technologies in higher education. Peter is a Director of Professional Development at the community college level. In the Arena marks his return to the subject of public lives in America. Tom Maday is a photographer whose assignments take him to every corner of the globe for clients like Abbott, GE, ESPN, Motorola and TD Ameritrade. His pictures appear in the books Trope Chicago, Trope London, Great Chicago Stories, and After the Fall: Srebrenica Survivors in St. Louis. Tom shoots digitally in DSLR and medium formats, but is always focused on the most important task: capturing the emotion and essence of the subject. Read more about In the Arena on the Trope website:Introducing: In the Arena Follow Trope on InstagramSign up for the Trope Digest newsletter and receive a discount code for future shopping!

Purchase Eren's book, Across JapanPurchase prints of Eren's workView Eren's Artist pageFollow Eren Sarigul on Instagram Eren's work is also featured in Trope London, the second book in our City Editions Series and winner of the Nikon Photography Travel Book of the Year, and in Trope Tokyo, the series' fourth installment. Read more about Eren on the Trope website:Japan is Where My Photography Journey StartedThrough the Eyes Of… Eren SarigulTokyo is a World Within Itself Follow Trope on InstagramSign up for the Trope Digest newsletter and receive a discount code for future shopping!

Purchase Tobi's book, EquilibriumPurchase prints of Tobi’s workView Tobi’s Artist pageFollow Tobi Shinobi on Instagram Tobi's work is also featured in Trope London, the second book in our City Editions Series and winner of the Nikon Photography Travel Book of the Year. Read more about Tobi on the Trope website:A Lifelong Search for BalanceThe First Time I Saw My Book Was a Moment Follow Trope on InstagramSign up for the Trope Digest newsletter and receive a discount code for future shopping!

Purchase Ron's book, London FogPurchase prints of Ron's workFollow Ron Timehin on InstagramRon's work is also featured in the award-winning Trope London City Edition, the second book in our City Editions Series.Read more about Ron on the Trope website:Photography for Me is an Art Form, and I Love CreatingThe Londonist Features Ron Timehin's Images of London in the FogBlack Lives Matter: Protests in Chicago and LondonSee the video version of this episode, with lots of footage of Ron and his images.Follow Trope on InstagramSign up for the Trope Digest newsletter and receive a discount code for future shopping!

Check in with London-based photographer Lucy Hamidzadeh as she tells us about her family history, how photography helped her make sense of herself and the world, and how she has become an artistic triple threat.

Filmed from the stunning rooftops of Hong Kong, Trope photographer Vivien Liu discusses how she has found inspiration in the middle of a pandemic, blending her passion for architecture into her photography, and her new solo book with Trope Publishing Co., Being There.

This month, host Terry Maday talks with Trope photographer Chris Holmes about creative and photographic beginnings, the current realities of life, and most importantly, Chris's love of poetry and London as celebrated in Hidden in Chaos, his book with Trope Publishing Co.

Get a glimpse into the life of London-based photographer Ope Odueyungbo as he discusses the recent publication of his book with Trope Publishing Co. (Parallel Lines), the Black Lives Matter movement, and how he maintains his unrelenting hope and positivity.