Back in 1995, when we moved to the San Francisco, my wife and I took a 2 month long road trip through the south and southwest before we made it to our final destination in the Bay Area. Driving through Texas left me with this – Texas has the best clouds. I just got back…
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Early on the electronic flash was always part of my photographic process. I think it came from photographing skateboarding. Thanks, J. Grant Brittain! Then a teacher at art school showed me that book by Larry Fink called Social Graces. Boom! Something went off in my mind. I tried really hard not to ape Mr. Fink after…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZyoMfjtczk&w=450&h=290&rel=0] Tik is from Sisaket, Thailand. She told me she was inviting monks to her house for her 35th birthday and asked me to join in. So, naturally, I brought my camera. Later on, I showed her the pictures and asked her some questions about that day and recorder her voice for this presentation. Enjoy!
Fashion? Right here in Alameda? You bet! Tommy Guerrero and I did a casual fashion shoot at Alameda Point, the decommissioned Naval Base. Clothes are by Kazuki Kuraishi for his Originals by Originals collection for Adidas. More about Kazuki here More about Tommy G here
… Enablers are making a new record.
One of the fringe benefits of my job is meeting people I wouldn’t normally have the chance to in my everyday social circle. I photographed Joe DeRisi for VSA. VSA designs the HHMI Bulletin – a custom publication for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Joe DeRisis is a Molecular Biologist at UCSF. In 2004 he…
I did some publicity work for Tommy Guerrero. His next record is coming out in Japan in August. This portrait session went the way I like it – mellow. We kept ourselves from forcing anything. We just took it easy and let the portraits happen.
Its rare, but sometimes – I make photographs without people in them. I know – wow. Bradbury Luce Building and Design is a custom remodeling company that does exquisite residential work. They needed photographs for marketing materials – website and brochures. They are based in Albany, CA. click to see more…
Master musician and vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson is honored with 2010 NEA Jazz Masters Award. I photographed him, at his home, in 2007 for JazzTimes mag. He was a generous, graceful, and very funny. JazzTime article link here – click National Endowment for the Arts press release here – click