This film follows Philadelphia’s trash and recycling chain through the vantage of independent hauler Rob Gore, whose patched-together truck becomes both tool and emblem of bottom-up ingenuity. From scrap buyers to daycare care-work, the interconnected stories reveal the fragile choreography that sustains a city and echo global questions of waste, labor, and adaptation.

Director/Producer/DP: Daniel Traub

Wu and Zeng follows two Chinese itinerant portrait photographers who set up a studio on a pedestrian bridge in Guangzhou. For African traders and other travelers, the bridge became both a symbolic gateway into China and a place to commission a portrait as a memento of their time there. Filmed between 2009 and 2014, the project is being completed in 2026 with previously unseen material, marking the 10-year anniversary of the Little North Road book.

Director/Producer/Camera/Editor: Daniel Traub

Mufid

Nablus, West Bank | Filmed 2011 | Short documentary

Mufid follows a boy named Mufid and his circle of friends in the Palestinian city of Nablus. Ranging in age from 10 to 15, the boys hover between childhood games and an emerging awareness of the political situation around them. Filmed in 2011, the project is now being completed as an archival vignette of Palestinian youth at a pivotal moment.

Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor: Daniel Traub

Filmed in Okinawa’s nightlife districts adjacent to American bases, the project observes bars, clubs, and music as sites where the lives of U.S. service members and local Okinawans intersect. It listens to doors, stages, and soundscapes — where geopolitics filters into everyday performance.

Director/Producer: Greg Girard/Daniel Traub
Director of Photography: Daniel Traub