With Quinn, I’ve been working on a project called Turkeys in Public Space which is about documenting the turkeys that live in and around my neighborhood in Cambridge, MA.

The project involves both a handmade photo zine and a website where people can share their own turkey photos. Here is what the site looks like:

Turkeys in Public Space website homepage

Here is what the first edition of the zine looks like:

First edition of the Turkeys in Public Space zine

The idea is that if people upload their own turkey sightings to the site, they could be included in future editions of the zine.

There is a bit more about the project here; there, we write the following about the project:

Turkeys in Public Space is a community project documenting the wild turkeys of Cambridge and Boston, MA.

Cities — and their roads, parks, and sidewalks — are designed by humans for humans. But we share these spaces with other non-human plants and animals, often without noticing. Wild turkeys are a vivid reminder of that: conspicuous and willing to occupy spaces that were not designed for them, whether on the road, in the park, or strolling down the sidewalk.

This project is a small way to draw attention to these non-human stakeholders in our public spaces.

Anyhow, the zines include a QR code which links to the website. So the idea is to start placing the zines around town and then we will see if anyone wants to contribute.

September 2026 Update

Turkeys in Public Space was covered in Cambridge Day and also in a short spot on WBZ Radio, which was cool.

Separately, I worked on a few design changes for the website, which now looks like this:

Redesigned Turkeys in Public Space website showing a feed of turkey sightings

The updated color palette was based on a photo of an iridescent turkey, bringing in more of the copper kind of color. The background textures in the header and footer are extracted from the feather pattern of a turkey in the same photo:

Wild turkey with iridescent copper and bronze feathers standing on grass

Close-up of turkey feather pattern used for the website background texture

I’ve been creating a handful of different flyers. I mix and match the fronts and backs a bit at random and share them around town as opportunities present. Here’s a few of the designs:

Flyer with a black-and-white turkey feather pattern and hand-lettered Turkeys in Public Space title

Flyer showing two turkeys walking down a snowy street with the project title and a QR code

Post Your Turkeys flyer with a turkey, QR code, and repeating Turkeys Are Our Neighbors text

Flyer with two turkeys standing on a brick wall below a QR code

Flyer with two turkeys perched on a bench and a QR code between them

Post Your Turkeys QR code flyer over repeating Turkeys Are Our Friends text

Finally, we are working on the second edition of the zine. Hopefully we can get it out in October sometime.