Phil Chipman is my neighbor. He’s not a typical neighbor. When I moved here a dozen years ago I noticed there were strange happenings in Phil’s garage. I’m probably making this up, but I think I remember sparks from an …
The Leica File: Nineteen
“Bikes up Guns down.” Somewhere near Little Haiti. When people ask me about photography I often speak about spacing. Spacing is the key to everything I attempt to do with a camera. I love the 50mm, and the 50 works …
Just Listen: Phil Chipman, What is Art?
Phil Chipman is my neighbor. Retired engineer. Guitar player, surfer, artist and building of things like an electric car. Yes, he built an electric car in his garage. I wish I could bottle his energy and airdrop it on art …
Print: “Havana” by Clay Lipsky
I dig Clay. Yes, did the interview, one of my first at Shifter. Clay is a photographer and designer, a successful one, but what I really like about him is he makes things. If you were to ask “Hey, have …
PRINT: Jack Sonni’s Gatherings
Gatherings: Recipes from the Rustic Soul of Healdsburg is a project from writer Jack Sonni. What happens when you throw food, wine, cool people and a great location together? I know, you get this book, or books as you can …
The Leica File: Eighteen
Drifting in the morning swell. The diesels have stopped. Your body, in tune with being on a boat, stirs when something starts or stops. I wake and right there is the rescue chopper stalled overhead. The portal glass is thick, …
Dispatches: John DeMerritt
Meet Mr. John DeMerritt. Bookbinder, artist and all around COOL guy. Walking into his studio makes you want to quit your job, buy an apron and start building books, boxes and unique things and make people marvel. Got a chance …
JUST LISTEN: What is Art? Michael Robinson Chavez
Michael Robinson Chavez is living proof of the quality of work that emerges from the modern, newspaper journalism world. Not to mention he’s just a cool guy to be around. His piece on “La Riconada,” the highest city in the …
Dispatches: Gabe Eggerling
I knew Gabe Eggerling as a baby. I made my first photographs of Gabe when he was just two. He’s all grown up now at a whopping eleven, but he isn’t your “normal” eleven-year-old. He acts, has his own non-profit …
PRINT: Andrew Kaufman, My Ceylon
What you have here is a book based on a journal. First you need to travel to the location you so desire. Then you make your work. Then you make your journal. Then you design your journal book in the …
PRINT: General Thinker by Remo Giuffre´
I’ve written about Remo before, and also mentioned his book, but here is a bit more detail in regard to the publication itself. My first rule about books is how they make me feel. This book makes me feel like …
PRINT: Silver Prints from the Americas
My return to the darkroom has been profound. There is no other way to describe it. The dark cuts through the bullshit of photography, the mind games one plays, and reduces your entire photographic life down to a few, measly …