Downtown areas are dead zones of crushed ambient, room-tone nothingness. Our brains teach us to block it out, but when you listen for it you just can’t believe how much noise there really is. Downtown San Francisco is no different.
Just Listen: San Francisco Sidewalk
San Francisco is such an interesting city, but a city you walk with your eyes open. I think you can tell a lot about a city by how many foreign tourists are there. When I ask foreigners about the United …
Just Listen: San Francisco Marine
This image needs a little explanation. What tipped me to something going down was the sound of motorcycles, a lot of motorcycles. Turned out to be a police escort, full lockdown. Intersection blocked, my finger hits record and I begin …
Print: On Approach
“On Approach” is my most successful book. Basically, this book is everything I was told never to do in photography school. The wrong paper, the wrong size, wrong number of images, no front matter, no back matter, etc., and yet …
Found: Larry Hayden finds Japan
Larry Hayden hails from the hills of Kentucky, something I tease him about on a near daily basis. Larry’s is a relatively quiet person, which is reflected in his work. A traditional street hunter who moves through the world looking …
Believe: Paul Gero
California based photographer Paul Gero played a funny part in my becoming a photographer. Roommate. Well, there’s more but let’s begin there. Paul was a staffer at the paper where I received my first internship. Wait, my ONLY internship. I …
