The weary king of a used garment nation… An older gentleman dozing in his van while a summer breeze animates an American flag and the late morning sun illuminates the multitude of […]
American dreaming
The kitten, the junkie, the dog, and Steven
Extremes enrich an abundant life… In my chosen profession there are extremes which exist outside of me and are mine (or yours) to take or leave. The world is ugly, and the […]
Waiting at the Mark Hopkins
See in his face what you will… Yesterday I photographed a luncheon for a San Francisco lawyers’ group in the Peacock Court at the Mark Hopkins Hotel. During a down moment I […]
Roll the beach
An ode to erosion control… Sometimes when you drive by the beach you see big bastard machines and boys on skateboards and you don’t know if
Jasmine and Buddy
The streets don’t care if it’s the 4th of July… She was sitting on a Japantown sidewalk, on Webster Street around the corner from Nijiya Market. She looked displaced, like a woman […]
Praise the lord, pass the steak sauce
It’s Sunday so, you know, nuns… I was photographing a wedding dinner at Original Joe’s in North Beach. If you go, order the veal piccata. It’s fantastic. Anyway, it was hard not […]
Mean street cutie pie
There was no child’s garden in sight… She was tagging along while her dad walked his dog along Palou Avenue in Hunters Point in San Francisco. Dad and the dog are on […]
