Western Addition - The healing process

Last Friday, 13 September, community leaders from the Fillmore and Western Addition joined the youth of Plaza East housing projects for an afternoon barbecue, sponsored by the grassroots organization Open Arms. It was a relaxing and positive evening.

Work from Mexico

From August 18-30, I was working with nine other photographers in a small town in Northern Mexico, teaching photography workshops for the children of the town. The project was conceived and funded by the San Francisco based non-profit Project Luz. Please support them in their mission to enrich young peoples lives through art education.

Here are the first scans from some of the portraits and street scenes I shot in the town. More will be posted soon.


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More from the Willits Ren Faire

Here are some more shots from two weeks ago at the Renaissance Faire in Willits, CA. This weekend is the Pittsburgh Faire, so stay tuned for those.

That's Tamra, holding a lockett she carries with a pictures her son Brian at his baptism -- at a Ren Faire. Brian, who is now officially a Duke, is a Faire Brat. And so is Tamra's other child, Kimberly. These friendly and outgoing people epitomize the familial nature of Faire community.

Alan and Judy are leather workers based in Willits. They travel to Faires around the region, selling their wares.

Sailing Diptych

Put this together today -- Two shots of the Italian team recovering after capsize.

World FJ Championships

Last Friday, August 3, I photographed the FJ World Championship sailing race, held off of Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. Here are some pictures of the sailors readying their boats.




Japanese Sailors: These guys are awesome.




And now out on the water, which was rough. It was a struggle to keep my gear dry, much less compose and focus.

Renaissance Faire project begins!

Last weekend I went to Willits, CA, with a reporter and videographer to begin work for a project on Ren Faire culture. The sense of community is very strong among the members of St. Andrews Guild, so for now we are focusing on them.

Here are guild members doing what they do, performing for the public.






And below are some shots of them after the faire, packing up wares and saying farewell until next weekend.








Teage and Cailin (their fair names) are two guild members who met at faire, where engaged at faire, and in two weeks will be married at the Pittsburgh faire. They are adorable.



Stay tuned, more stories from the middle ages to come....

Hip Hop show

Legendary mash-up DJ Z-trip performed with guest MC's at the Independent in SF last night. I went down and made some pictures (on neo-pan 1600) for my friend's online urban culture magazine (www.ohdangmag.com). They aren't up yet, but should be soon along with a review of the show.

It was good, sweaty hip-hop from some of the bay area's best homegrown talent: Gift of Gab and Lateef. Aceyalone also made an appearance.