Hugh saw these first . . . fallen magnolia petals, branded by Specialized Hardpack . . . or maybe Michelin.
Archives for March 2010
Headlands Soup
I’ll never forget the first time I drove the Golden Gate Bridge as the advection fog rolled in. You leave San Francisco under a sapphire sky only to be engulfed by a swirling cloud halfway across the gate.
The Being versus the Getting
“Tell me — why do we require a trip to Mount Everest in order to be able to perceive one moment of reality? I mean, is Mount Everest more real than New York? Isn’t New York real?”
The Ongoing Plight of Seal Pups
I wrote this post last year, but as we move into April 2010, the seal hunt begins anew. It’s been such a difficult issue for me to grapple with over the years, so I thought I’d re-post my comments from last year. The fundamentals remain the same.
High Voltage
This photo is simply the result of looking for a different angle on an electricity pylon.
Don’t Trust the Photographer
Hugh is an exceptional mimic, so when we heard wild turkeys in the scrub ahead of us, I asked him if he thought he could mimic that call. He’s an ace at Donald Duck. How tough can a wild turkey be by comparison?
Plastic Bag: A Low-Density Resin Love Story
In the short film below, Ramin Bahrani and narrator Werner Herzog anthropomorphize a plastic bag. But it’s more than that…
Bay and Beach Flotsam: Brunswick!
Or, for “The King of Them All” . . . Roto Grip! I regularly shoot images of bay and beach flotsam, documenting the end result of our trashy habits. So, when I saw this bowling ball on a beach in Alameda, it was going to be just that — a quick documentation of San Francisco…
Squirrel Girl & The Cherry Blossoms
Squirrels don’t win popularity contests with gardeners and bird feeders. Tree squirrels, agile and clever, have been known to outsmart even the toughest mazes designed to thwart them. In fact, if you never saw the 1990s British documentary Daylight Robbery, check out the video clip at the end of this post. From there you can…
Genealogy of a Flyer
Reclamation, as I’ve said before is one of my favorite themes. But, alongside “nature reclaimed” is the joy of finding color, texture and balance in unlikely subjects. We were walking by a stripped down public board in Berkeley and noticed some hues and shapes just begging for a shot. Of the lot I took, this…