BO KOCIUBA 8/8/26 BO KOCIUBA 8/8/26

After the Shutter: Before & After

There is a common idea that photography is about capturing exactly what was standing in front of the camera.

Sometimes it is.

But that isn’t really how I see photography.

For me, making the photograph begins before I ever raise the camera.

BO KOCIUBA 5/28/26 BO KOCIUBA 5/28/26

Forgotten Corners of Mannsville

There is something about an old building that gets me every time.

Especially one sitting quietly along an Oklahoma road, looking like it has been there forever while the rest of us hurry past.

That’s what happened in Mannsville.

BO KOCIUBA 1/19/26 BO KOCIUBA 1/19/26

Fairfax -The Road Is Disappearing, But the Story Isn't

There are places in Oklahoma where history sits neatly behind museum glass.

And then there is Fairfax.

I came here looking for the childhood world of Maria Tallchief, America's first great prima ballerina, and her younger sister Marjorie. What I found was a cracked road slowly disappearing beneath grass, an old swing …

BO KOCIUBA 6/13/25 BO KOCIUBA 6/13/25

Detective Time Pt 1

While wandering through a dusty little antique shop in Nebraska (you know the kind—where time stands still and everything smells like a mix of leather, cedar, and good stories), I stumbled upon this gem of a photo labeled simply: “Seminole.” It's an original post card …

BO KOCIUBA 6/1/25 BO KOCIUBA 6/1/25

Detective Time Pt 2 - Mystery Solved

POSTCARD MYSTERY SOLVED — Welcome to 1920s Seminole, OK!

I’ve been playing historical detective this week, squinting at old brickwork, zooming in on horse-drawn wagons, and matching fonts like a turn-of-the-century CSI — and guess what?