Sierra and Ryan got married on Sun August 28th, 2011. Surrounded by such wonderful family and friends they exchanged their vows at Hoot Owl in Healdsburg, Ca. I was touched to see how low key and real, yet organized and beautiful the whole event was. From the flowers, to the Huppah, to the photos, most everything was done by family or friends. It was quite a lovely evening. Oopahhh!!!
Still Life (at all times)
A small selection if images taken from my 2007 San Jose State University BFA show at all times. Looking through the images again now in 2011, the ones that I enjoy the most are those without any people in them. The idea for the show, at the time, was for me to keep my medium format twin lens rolleiflex with me at all times. The ten pound addition to my purse resulted in a sore shoulder, and a large body of work. Even though the idea or concept was not so clear while it was being made, it was a good exercise that allowed me to see what I liked to shoot. The same type of “still life” can be seen in my Mexico with BBI work.
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Sierra and Ryan
Sierra and Ryan are getting married!! Here are some images of an engagement session we did in Santa Cruz, CA. Besides being good friends of mine, they are also a very cute and lovely couple. I’m so happy for you two!
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Proyecto Maiz
“La tierra es de quien la trabaja.”
-Emeliano Zapata
The land belongs to those who work it.
Maize (corn) is embedded among the cracks of sidewalks, along the gates of mechanic shops, and even threatens to tickle 20-ft.-tall telephone wires in vastly urbanized cities like Los Angeles and Riverside in Southern California. Where? You may ask yourself, if you have ever for a brief moment traversed the city streets of Southern California. And this very question, or rather disbelief, along with a quest for solutions to a rising concern over biodiversity loss in Mexico, prompted an investigation of traditional maize cultivation in Southern California for a Masters thesis project in the International Agricultural Development Graduate Group at UC Davis.
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Mexico with BBI
This is a group of images taken during a photo workshop in Guadalajara, Mexico with the group Black Boots Inc. These diptychs are image arrangements of street portraiture and still life spaces taken with a twin lens rolleiflex camera.
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