Print Release, November 2016 - No. 0373_22

#0373_22 - Louie's Barber Shop, Castro Street. San Francisco, California. September of 2015.

Shot with a Voigtlander R3m, 21mm f/4, Ilford HP5 400 film.

Some of the worst experiences of my life have been haircuts... but since moving to the neighborhood some years ago, I've grown to enjoy going to the barber shop at Castro and Market Streets. I actually debated whether I wanted to release this image at all, it's not something I'd typically print, andI originally printed it at the request of the owner of the barber shop , but in the process decided it might be worth a second look...

Prints should ship out this week. All 5x7 inch proofs are printed on Ilford Cold-Tone Fiberbase paper, and 8x10 proofs are printed on Oriental-Seagull Fiberbase paper.

Visit the print shop if you want to pick one up... or you could get prints cheap every time I release a new image if you head over to Patreon and support my work.

Notes From The Road

#0463_02A - Somewhere in Oregon. August of 2016. Leica M2, Zeiss 21mm f/4.5, Ilford HP5 400.

We finally made the trek up to Eugene, Oregon, by way of Ashland to see a family friend, and to visit Cougar Hot Springs, which is quite possibly my favorite place on earth...

It was the first time I'd ventured anywhere without crutches or a cane since breaking my leg in May, but soaking in hot water for 5 days took the edge off. Felt good to be on the road for a while, seems like the summer just sort of melted away this year...

Safe to say this may have been the last long haul for our beat up old Honda... what with a bad front end and no air conditioning, I think it's about time to put her down.

#0464_08A - Joanna, Oregon. August of 2016. Leica M3, Zeiss 50mm f/1.5, Ilford HP5 400.

#0462_14A - Highway 5 North, August of 2016. Leica M2, Zeiss 35mm f/2, Ilford HP5 400.

#0470_25A - Yosemite Valley, October of 2016. Leica M2, Zeiss 21mm f/4.5, Ilford HP5 400.

Randomly ended up in Yosemite Valley in October with some old friends for a day... Hadn't been through there in years, and I completely forgot what a circus it is during the high season. Additionally, the last time I was out that way, selfie sticks weren't yet a thing... Strange to take a step back and see just what's become of this great American Landscape.

#0470_18A - Yosemite Valley, October of 2016. Leica M2, Zeiss 21mm f/4.5, Ilford HP5 400.

#0470_15A - Yosemite Valley, October of 2016. Leica M2, Zeiss 35mm f/2, Ilford HP5 400.

Alison, Take Two...

#0459_35A - Alison, 2016. Leica M2, Zeiss 35mm f/2, Ilford HP5 400.

Through editing the last couple rolls from a shoot with Alison in May (see the first set here)... mostly with the 35 and 21mm. I've always found wide lenses kind of interesting in a studio setting, gives a sense of depth that's often lost with long glass.

Still really bummed that I've got no studio access, though it's forced me to try new things and new locations. Necessity is the mother of invention after all. Have a few shoots in the queue on location that I'll be posting over the next month.

Also watch for a new print release in the next week or two... been slaving away in the darkroom working on some old and new material. Head over to Patreon if you want to get in on early, discounted prints...

 

#0460_03A - Alison, 2016. Leica M2, Zeiss 21mm f/4.5, Ilford FP4 125.

#0460_03A - Alison, 2016. Leica M2, Zeiss 21mm f/4.5, Ilford FP4 125.

#0460_20A - Alison, 2016. Leica M2, Zeiss 21mm f/4.5, Ilford FP4 125.

#0460_36A - Alison, 2016. Leica M2, Zeiss 21mm f/4.5, Ilford FP4 125.

#0460_31A - Alison, 2016. Leica M2, Zeiss 21mm f/4.5, Ilford FP4 125.

The Emperor Has No Balls

I'm going to stand on a soap box for a minute, because I just want to put a few things in writing, for the record, for my own piece of mind, just for the sake of saying it.

"The Emperor Has No Balls" Statue by Las Vegas based horror artist Ginger. Castro District, San Francisco, California 2016.

I'm tired of the false equivalency. Donald Trump is a privileged white man who inherited a metric fuck ton of money from his father, ran a bunch of companies into the ground, gamed the system, stiffed his employees, paid no taxes, and made a reality TV show where he fires people, who now says the system is rigged against him while whining that a Supreme Court Justice was mean to him. Cry me a river...

He brags about sexually assaulting women, then belittles the appearance of those women who have accused him of such acts. Who knew that G.O.P. stood for Grab Our Pussy...

He is alleged to have purposefully walked in on minors in a state of undress at a pageant he operates.

Just let that sink in...

He is openly undermining the integrity of the election process with absolutely no evidence what so ever that there is any fraud taking place.

News organizations are now hiring security for their correspondents while attending Trump rallies because of the violence he promotes against the press and the danger his supporters present.

He is racist, sexist, xenophobic, and quite frankly, a pig. All this aside, I am appalled at an educational system that produces voters that seem to think any of this is ok, and I am appalled at the Republican leadership that says nothing in the face of such disgusting, dangerous rhetoric. I'm looking at you Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell...

Hilary Clinton is quite possibly the most qualified person ever to seek the presidency of the United States. You might not agree with all of her policies, I certainly don't. But to compare her to Donald Trump is absolutely, in no uncertain terms, completely and entirely ludicrous.

Donald Trump is a joke, and it's not funny anymore. Get out and vote.

New Prints, October 2016

Slowly getting everything migrated over to the new platform... working on getting some new prints listed in the shop. Will hopefully be adding more as I go through some past negatives that I've been meaning to print. For now have a look at the print shop for the most recent additions... and as always, stay tuned for more... 

 No. 0363_23A - Castro Street Station. San Francisco, California. June of 2015.

 No. 0363_23A - Castro Street Station. San Francisco, California. June of 2015.

No. 0369_07 - Rodeo Beach, Marin County, CA. July of 2015.

No. 0369_07 - Rodeo Beach, Marin County, CA. July of 2015.

No. 0419_28A - Dogs, Ocean Beach. San Francisco, CA.

No. 0419_28A - Dogs, Ocean Beach. San Francisco, CA.