Legs, Mission Street. San Francisco, California. February of 2016.
Leica M3, Zeiss 50mm f/1.5 lens, Ilford HP5 400 film.
Mission Street
No. 0426_01A
Mission Street. San Francisco, California. February of 2016.
Leica M2, Zeiss 21mm f/4.5 lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0405_06A
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Mission Street, San Francisco. November of 2015. Leica M2, Zeiss 35mm f/2 lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0403_20
Mission Street, San Francisco. November of 2015.
Leica M2, Zeiss 35mm f/2, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0403_36
Mission & New Montgomery Streets, San Francisco. November of 2015.
Leica M2, Zeiss 35mm f/2, Ilford HP5 film.
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No. 0386_08
Mission Street at Third. San Francisco, Ca. September of 2015.
Voigtlander Bessa L, 21mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0373_05
Mission Street, San Francisco, Ca. 2015.
Voigtlander R3m, 21mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0373_04
3rd and Mission Streets. San Francisco, Ca. 2015.
Voigtlander R3m, 21mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
No. 0367_16A
Masked Man, Mission Street. San Francisco, July of 2015.
Leica M2, 35mm lens, Ilford HP5 film.
Throwback Thursday / No. 0001_15
About 13 years ago I bought a really beat up Leica M4-P on a whim, borrowed a lens from a friend and hit the street. Fifteen frames in I made this photograph and it changed the way I looked at and made pictures forever. At the time I was shooting everything digitally, having given up on film because, quite frankly, that's what everyone else was doing then, and that's what everyone told me I should do. After I made this picture I took all my digital gear down to Camera West in Monterrey, California, took whatever they would give me in trade, and put it all into 35mm rangefinders. I never looked back.
Cameras don't make great photographs, but there is something to be said for stripping away all the bells and whistles of modern digital cameras and focusing on what is necessary, instead of what is on the bleeding edge of technology. Getting rid of all my digital gear and switching back to old film cameras made me realize that there is a huge difference between taking pictures, and making photographs.
No. 0277_27A
Homeless Man With Dog. San Francisco, Ca. December of 2013.
Photographs: 16th Street&Mission Station
16th Street and Mission Station. San Francisco, California. July of 2009.Minolta Autocord, Tri-X 400 film.
Photographs: Mannequins on Mission St.
Mannequins on Mission Street. San Francisco, California. July of 2009.Minolta Autocord, Tri-X 400 film.
Photographs: 99 Cent Store, Mission Street
99¢ Store, Mission Street. San Francisco, California. July of 2009.Minolta Autocord, Tri-X 400 Film.