coalesce

family portrait of eric, deborah and their son jonah.

road side tree

some trees by the side of the road in elysian park.

labor ready

mostly undocumented immigrants make themselves available for work on the fringes of big box construction superstore parking lots. outcast from society, predominantly latino and well below the poverty line.

my approach in this set was to describe the undocumented work force in a way that does not explain how they interact with their work environment, but to show their physical appearance, their surface. i refrained from close ups and deviating from the formula of full body shots and spacing in order to describe the topography and subtle continuum.
general communication and contact with this community by the public seems to be avoided.
the irony is that the community is known of and called upon if needed, but otherwise ignored and stigmatized if not.

for this series i used fijifilm provia 100F 4x5 color transparency

hurray !!

I am back online!!!
so fucking stoked!!!
tomorrow i will connect with images.
yes!!!

somewhere down near avalon

mike and cara

I actually had my camera set up to shoot mike and cara a couple of weeks ago. I think this is my favourite of their pictures. they are an awesome couple with such interesting lives and I am always fascinated by their stories.
mike has an incredible history in the music indusrtry and cara leads in frank gehry's studio, the architect responsible for the Disney Concert Hall in downtown LA.
it was a great night except that I had to wait till after using the view camera before i had a drink. one thing is for sure and thats booze and view cameras don't mix.

vonn sumner

vonn had me take photographs at his studio, and surrounding environment.
the photographs are to be used in the catalog for vonn's solo show at The Riverside Art Museum,
from September 9th through November 15th.
thanks vonn.

many thanks to kristen for helping out.


( click on post title to visit vonn's site. )

a golden heart

over the 4th of July I went with my girlfriend kristen and her dog franky and her kitty tulpa to Yosemite.
the picture at top is kristen with her mom nancy.
many thanks to nancy and don for being so wonderful and kind.

church of fashion rollerskate affair

charon had a really fun event at her art center/creative work house on north broadway, and I got some snaps to show.

point lobos

mounds of cosmic dirt. in orbit.

franklin

I like taking photographs and then sharing them with people. and if they like the shots, well then I think thats about the most precious thing of all. if the people that are in the photographs like the photographs or are fascinated by them, then there is not much I can really put into words to express how vital that is to me.
i am so stoked on these shots of franklin.
hope you like them franklin