#iSnapSF Field Journal Launch Party!
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments ». If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area, please stop by and say hello. Expecting a ton of people - it will be a lot of fun!
Street Photography Talk at the San Francisco Apple Store
Friday, February 10th, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Wanted to let people know that Travis Jensen and I will be giving a talk at the San Francisco Apple Store about street photography, street portraiture, editing, and putting together a project journal whose net proceeds helps a local non-profit ...
It’s here: #iSnapSF Field Journal
Monday, February 6th, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »Travis Jensen and I are proud to announce the release of #iSnapSF Photo Journal. We've been doing a ton of iPhone street and portraiture shooting in San Francisco and thought it would be nice sharing some of our best photos. We ...
Square street
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »It seems with my foray into iPhone photography most of my captures have been street portraiture. That's in my blood, enjoying the process and excitement of the approach and engagement as a photographer, and usually learning something new from a ...
Life on the street…
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »This is one of my last 2011 photos. It was taken Saturday afternoon, Dec. 31st while prowling San Francisco's Excelsior district. That's a new neighborhood for me. There are parts of the area where it feels time has stood still. ...
Market and Powell snap…
Friday, December 23rd, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Here's another candid snap from my iPhone. Will be interesting to see how long I use it for shooting on the street. Frankly, I'm surprised I've been using it exclusively for 4-5 months! It's great not having to drag around ...
Thank You for helping!
Friday, December 16th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »Frankki and companion Bruiser • Tenderloin, San Francisco Almost two weeks ago Travis Jensen and I reached our goal of selling 300 copies of Tenderloin USA Photo Journal. Currently the number is at 311 copies. Altogether, that represents $2,916 going to ...
Gibson: Another street portrait…
Monday, December 12th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »I've been shooting exclusively with my iPhone 4, both street photography and street portraiture for about the last four months. I'm having a blast! It's really liberating not carrying a heavy camera and lens plus bag...
Occupy Saks
Sunday, November 27th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »Snapped on Black Friday in San Francisco. Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving!
Street Portrait: Gibson
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »That's Gibson. Lives in Oakland, but snapped him in downtown San Francisco...
Nevada Bound: A six day desert road trip — Available now…
Monday, October 17th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »Nevada Bound Photo Journal is the result of a six-day, 1,600 mile “On the Road” / “Easy Rider” style adventure across Nevada’s vast desert and back. Authored by photographers Brad Evans and Travis Jensen, the 60-page journal speaks to the freedom experienced ...
Occupy SF in ten
Sunday, October 16th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »[scrollGallery id=3] Yesterday afternoon the Occupy SF folks marched from the Federal Reserve building down Market Street to City Hall. The photo on the left was one of the participants, of probably a thousand marchers. After going through and editing all my ...
Mission in Ten photoessay
Monday, October 10th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »[scrollGallery id=5] Lately I've been shooting with just my iPhone, with the last couple of outings being in San Francisco's Mission district. My big camera is mostly staying in my bag. Needles to say, I'm really enjoying the experience. And am ...
2011 Folsom Street Fair, in Square
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »[scrollGallery id=4] The 2011 Folsom Street Fair was last Sunday, as many in San Francisco already know. The fair usually brings out lots of photographers, though I haven't been shooting many events lately. But... Since overcast and light rain were forecast for ...
Snuggles
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »In the Tenderloin. Where else?
Desert bound
Monday, August 29th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »A week ago Travis Jensen and I returned from a 1,600 mile, six day no-agenda-in-mind photo road trip through Nevada's desert. It was one of the best road trips I've ever been on. Hitting the road August 13 with a Dodge ...
Street portrait: Marcos
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »That's Marcos up above. I met him and a few other people while attending a friend's exhibition in downtown Oakland a few weeks ago. It was a good opportunity to take a few portraits. Here's another portrait I posted on ...
Thank you!
Saturday, August 20th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who came out to the Tenderloin USA launch party last week. With around 300 people stopping by over the evening, and selling out of our on-hand stock of Tenderloin USA Photo Journals, ...
Tenderloin USA Photo Journal Launch Party
Saturday, July 30th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »We're having a party to celebrate the launch of Tenderloin USA Photo Journal. It will be at Ever Gold Gallery, 441 O'Farrell St. (between Taylor and Jones), on Wednesday, August 10th, between 6 and 10pm. There's a parking garage on ...
Tenderloin USA Featured in San Francisco Chronicle
Friday, July 29th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »About a week ago, Travis and I hooked up with San Francisco Chronicle writer David Wagner for lunch at Little Henry's restaurant on Larkin Street for an interview about our Tenderloin USA project. We figured the story would end up as a small piece ...
Giving Back
Sunday, July 17th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »Now that Tenderloin USA Photo Journal has launched, I thought it would be good to talk about an important element of our project. For some background, Tenderloin USA did not start off as an official "project." Rather, it slowly morphed into ...
Tenderloin USA Photo Journal – Available now!
Monday, July 11th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »After a year of shooting in the neighborhood at all hours of the day, and after a ton of edits and revisions, Travis Jensen and I are proud to announce the availability of Tenderloin USA Photo Journal. Our 50 page perfect-bound ...
Tenderloin USA
Thursday, June 30th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments »At 50 pages, Tenderloin USA is a black-and-white photojournalistic odyssey of discovery and exploration through one of San Francisco’s most vibrant yet often overlooked neighborhoods, the Tenderloin, a.k.a. “The TL,” a.k.a. “The Loin.” Authored by local photographers Brad Evans and Travis ...
My Vlad shot
Monday, June 13th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »I don't take many vertical street shots of people on the sidewalk. That's something that Vlad has pretty much nailed. But mine up above feels like it could have been one of his. Funnily enough though, I was bs-ing with Vlad ...
Street portrait: SFPD Officer Alex Gonzalez
Saturday, June 4th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »It's been awhile since I've posted up a San Francisco Police Department officer street portrait... I took the above photo of Officer Alex Gonzalez back in January in the downtown at Powell and Market. He's attached to the Southern Station ...
Bumping into past subjects
Friday, May 20th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »Yesterday I hooked up with photobud Travis Jensen at 6:30am for another morning of Tenderloin shooting. We met a few interesting people and had some interesting conversations with subjects while taking their portraits. The light is super at that hour ...
Street portrait: Jerome
Friday, May 6th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Snapped in San Francisco's downtown...
Vlad Photo
Monday, May 2nd, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »Photo © VladimirI love getting photo post cards from Vlad. And the one above I received two days ago is no exception. Addressed to Pixel Junkie, the back side did not disappoint and was chocked full of Vlad's best writing, ...
Edward, followup in the Tenderloin…
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »This morning I went out shooting again in the Tenderloin neighborhood and lo and behold, I ran into Edward again on Larkin Street. As I mentioned in the previous post, bumping into subjects again is not that unusual. And, as ...
Edward in the Tenderloin, and shooting street portraits.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 10 Comments »I've been shooting mostly just in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood lately. A lot. Early morning, during the day, and at night. I love the energy there and of course the people. That part is essential. Every once in awhile other photographers ...
Jiwon at High Tide
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »One of my favorite hangouts in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood is the High Tide bar on Geary and Jones. It’s always a great place to relax after an afternoon of shooting in the area. And it’s even better when hooking ...
Jerome. And some Tenderloin street portraits
Friday, April 1st, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »That's Jerome up above and on the left. I ran into him a month or so ago while out shooting on a Sunday morning in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood. Born in SF, Jerome was in the Marine Corp for eight years, ...
A communiqué from Vladimir
Monday, February 28th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »Vlad sent an email yesterday asking me to pass on a message to the Leica brethren who have been talking about his cameras on a popular online Leica forum. Members there have been following my stories about him here on ...
Passing through
Thursday, February 24th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »Snapped at a one of my favorite places on Powell and Market in San Francisco. That particular area is where a variety of people come together from different directions. There's usually something to snag if you hang around long enough.
