Miami meets Venice Beach! A few weeks ago, I photographed Danni Washington, a Venice resident I met at the Venice Beach TEDx a couple months back. An environmentalist, using prize money won in a ROXY “Follow Your Heart” competition, Danni and her mother started … Continue readingDanni
While working on a project at San Onofre’s Surf Beach I had a blast getting out in the water to take some surfing photos. Here are a few favorites from my first outing. As a result of all of this time I’ve been spending … Continue readingOffshore
To borrow a line from their hit single “Thrift Shop,” the above headline is what was going through my head while shooting the world tour poster for the hip-hop collaboration Macklemore & Ryan Lewis two weeks ago on a dry lakebed 100 miles northeast … Continue readingThis is F*cking Awesome – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
An article recently ran featuring work I did for Der Spiegel last summer. The story focuses on the slow economic decline of the city of San Bernardino – home of the original McDonald’s restaurant – as it teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, which … Continue readingThe Slow Death of San Bernardino – for Der Spiegel International
A couple days ago I had a random encounter with a man named Mark Francis while having coffee just off the boardwalk with some future photo subjects. When I was in college cigarettes were a great way to start a conversation with someone. Later … Continue readingA conversation w/ Mark Francis
Rainy but delightful days between the holidays were spent in Pismo Beach and the Santa Ynez/Santa Maria valleys tasting wines and then tasting some more at the area’s numerous vineyards with Erinn and her visiting parents. Between tastes and downpours I managed to bring out … Continue readingRainy day landscapes