On Halloween 2007, I caught a late-night bus heading home. The CTA bus was packed with people wearing all manners of costume. The last person to board, I was stuck at the front, and looked back at 50 to 60 garishly clad, mashed-together passengers amidst the plainest, unlikeliest of settings. From my position, I had a perfectly framed shot—a scene begging to be photographed. But I was cameraless. Now I almost always have a camera with me.

I'll be posting a new portfolio—Incidental Images—this week. While this group of photos does not have one underlying theme, it contains several related leitmotivs. Mainly, though, it is a collection of images that were made rather in passing, between 2006 and just a few weeks ago.