SEP 06 Dem Hoodstarz, East Palo Alto for XXL Magazine. »
SEP 06 Photographer Alec Soth keeps a lively blog about photography, art, poetry, inspiration, my favorite cinematographer Robby Müller and paper towels. And if, for whatever reason you haven't seen his work yet you better check out his projects. Speaking of Robby Müller - the summer issue of All-Story has been guest-designed by Wim Wenders and features his photographs and an essay about Butte, Montana which fascinated me the same way even though I only got to spend a few hours there.
AUG 06 Neal Smither, most energetic entrepreneur and Crime Scene Cleaner, photographed for German magazine Neon. Check out this episode of "This American Life" for his and other excellent stories related to crime scenes. He's also featured in "Gig", a book about Americans and their jobs, which is like a modern version of Studs Turkel's "Working", oral history I love to dig through. And since we're at it, don't forget the ultimate collection of stories of worker's revenge, "Sabotage in the American Workplace" by Martin Sprouse. »
AUG 06 Fashion shoot for Saffron and their tasty new collection by local designers Yugula & Priya. Completely guerilla style, nine looks in three hours - take a peek. »
AUG 06 My series 3:03 am received an honorable mention at the International Photography Awards in the Fine Art Landscape category. Although sponsored by a Czech brewing company I received no free beverages. »
JUL 06 David Copperfield in Vegas » and Yves Béhar » of fuseproject for Swiss magazine Migros.
JUN 06"Living on the Edge" - a story for the Portland Monthly about the city's urban growth boundary limiting suburban sprawl. Art directed by Pete Ivey, story by Sylvan Goldberg. »
JUN 06 Noname Magazine issue #8 "Exit" launches showcasing a nice range of art, photography and a bit of writing.
I have a few spreads with some new work in it. »
MAY 06 The 3 am website has been selected for the PDN Photo Annual 2006. Grab a copy at the newsstand or view all the winners online. »
MAY 06The 13th Annual Warehouse Sale at the SFMOMA Artists Gallery kicks off Wednesday, May 3rd at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Great art priced at 50% off and I'll have some new pieces in there. Visit their site for more info and here are directions.
APR 06 Even NPR is talking about Hyphy and the Vallejo sound these days. Comes with a handy dictionary and for more info check out Davey D's radio show with the Federation or this MTV segment about the Bay. Photographed Turf Talk for XXL magazine and there's a new DJ Shadow track featuring him and Keak Da Sneak. Seems like Bay Area Hip Hop is finally getting its well-deserved attention including my faves Zion I, the Coup, Quannum and Anticon.
MAR 06 Netdiver's looking really good these days providing some fine links - nicely organized by category. I killed a rainy afternoon just digging through the photography section alone.
Can't wait to see the new book of photographs by Jason Fulford - if you're in LA visit the launch party at Skylight Books for his and Mike Slack's new release on April 21st.
British artist Banksy has a few movies up on his site, including footage of him evading security and hanging his own artwork at the Brooklyn Museum.
MAR 06 Snaps from the road. »
FEB 06 If you ever get a chance to see the Double Dutchess jump ropes - you won't regret it. Currently they seem to be busy working on their movie, but check their website for upcoming performances. Ropes, blood and Tecate in the hottub - here are some outtakes from a shoot for Resonance magazine. »
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JAN 06 3 am Photography gets Web Site of the Day award at TAXI. I love their little description "A very strong resemblance to an independent magazine you'd wished only you've found at a bookstore no one else goes to."
Nice one - not only did they get one of the ideas behind the site but they also relate to my favorite hangout. »
JAN 06 Snapshots from Olahoma ...OK! »
JAN 06 The Bayou Black & White Silent Art Auction: Saturday, January 14th at Blue Sky Studios in San Francisco, 7-11 PM. A fundraiser for the ASPCA Disaster Relief fund featuring works by Kari Byron, Amanda Hughen, Andrea Eve Kessel, Andrew Paynter, Rachel Pearson, Peter Spear, Luther Thie, Paul Urich, Winni Wintermeyer, Kathrine Worel. All profits will go to the abandoned animals in The Gulf Coast - minimum donation $10. Music provided by the House of Lotus DJs. 2325 3rd Street #434, between 20th & 22nd.
DEC 05Holga snaps from Del Mar, Cali ...need to jump into warm water again ...so done with winter. »
NOV 05 Redesigned website launches. Some may have noticed over the past few months that I updated and added new sections, but finally everything's come together. There's a big expanded photo section because that's what I've been focusing on lately and images are finally shown at a proper size.
Some of my limited edition gallery prints mounted on aluminum are now available in the store. I redesigned the home page so that it'll be way quicker to add new content - so check back regularly. A giant launch party will take off once the vodka sponsors are secured ...well actually there may just be drinks and turntables in my backyard.
OCT 05 The new issue of Asian-American magazine Hyphen titled "Bodies" is at the newsstands now. I shot a few spreads for the fashion story - showcasing the clothing of local designer Marilyn Yu-Li - which was loosely based around death and crime scenes without being too graphic. We worked around San Francisco on a bone-chilling night. At one point the cops shined a light on me and the lifeless body by the waterfront, but I guess I really don't fit the demographics of a serial killer - nor did I wear my clown costume that night - so they didn't even bother to get out of their cruiser. It got a little surreal on top of Bernal Heights hill where some stoners in the trees provided an eerie soundtrack on their didgeridoo - us surrounded by the misty fog - while some weirdo tried to break with his car through the gate at the bottom of the hill. And I always thought I was the only one up for adventures on a late Monday night. Thanks to everybody in the crew and our model Annelyn Ayran for working so hard and putting up with the elements. We wrapped at 3 am - booya! I'll add a few images to the new additions in the photo section of the site.
OCT 05Some linkage for inspiration. Conscientious is my favorite photoblog, very thoughtful. Chuck Klosterman's Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs book is pretty hilarious and a good, quick airplane read. Slow Man by J. M. Coetzee revives my visions of crashing on my bike and whenever I'll go down I'll be thinking of something absurdly funny.
My Life Without Me was a surprisingly great movie. The story line sounds brutally depressing but I found it very inspiring and uplifting.
Finally got to see Minus The Bear play live - their latest album Menos El Oso makes me happy and wanna hit the road again - shortens the wait for a new No Knife record. Carissa's Wierd still make the most beautiful sad music, there's a live in-studio performance online at KEXP. I hope they'll reform and also check out Jenn Ghetto's solo bedroom recordings under the moniker S.
Saul Williams and Dead Prez make me shake my booty and read lyrics again. Loud guitars from Criteria, check out the Swervedriver anthology. Great collages of samples arranged by Norwegian artist Kim Hiorthøy, saw a great performance by Mugison at the Icelandic film festival who sews his own CD covers. Hood have some remixes and other downloads on their site. East Bay's anticon collaborates with Germany's Notwist on 13 & God. Experimental and genre-mixing: Thavius Beck and Daedelus. Keeping your ears warm - Headset and Headphones (video).
Always a sucka for female vocals, even if it's total pop: Imogen Heap, Róisín Murphy goes solo after Moloko, Laura Veirs, Metric, Emiliana Torrini who sings Why on the Gus Gus album, Juana Molina from Argentina.
Best coffee in San Francisco at Ritual, who roast their own. Favorite summer cocktail at Dalva made with Maker's Mark, freshly crushed mint, orange & lime, perfect now that summer's finally here.
SEP 05The sign I designed for San Francisco Cyclery finally went up at their store at 672 Stanyan. It's a great bike shop right around the corner from Amoeba Music on Haight St. and run by the nicest and most knowledgeable people. Check them out some time - true wheels - true hearts.
AUG 05 For their latest release "Resolve" Lagwagon went through my photo archives and picked sixteen images for the packaging of their new CD & LP. Beautifully texturized and slapped together by Sergie Loobkoff. It includes a bunch of my older black & white work. Out now on Fat Wreck Chords and available at record stores - remember those?
JUL 05 Photographed Daniel Clowes, creator of Eightball and Ghost World for an upcoming cover story in Resonance Magazine. Besides a meticulously organized office he had an interesting assortment of art on the wall and I was a little disappointed I only had 45 minutes to explore.
MAY 05 Expanded redesign of photographer Maren Caruso's website launches. Flash programming by Ordinary Kids who have a some nice work up on their new site.
APR 05 Smoke Or Fire from Richmond, VA - formerly known as Jericho - release their new album Above The City. I photographed and designed the packaging for them. Chased around the city for some panoramic views - check it out in the Design section.
SEP 04 BIG Magazine #54, the San Francisco issue is at the newsstands now. Art directed by Rhonda Rubinstein, photo edited by Maren Levinson. Too many contributors to list - so see for yourself - I have a few spreads in there.
MAR 04 When not constantly touring with the Foo Fighters you can catch Chris Shiflett with his other band Jackson United. We shot some press photos on Treasure Island.
APR 03 A small collection of stock photos has been released by fStop Images. Also available at Veer - get some and play with it.
MAR 03 Artist Spotlight and interview at the Alternative Pick website.
NOV 02 Eight pages of personal photos published in Anthem #7 Magazine, nicely reproduced on matte paper stock.
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MAY 02 Tom Waits releases a new album called Blood Money on indy Anti. Designed the whole package and it was nice to be involved with a project of an artist whose work I've admired since I was a teenager. Should've saved some of those long, rambling messages but most of the time I thought it was my friends crank calling me. Check out some early cover mock-ups. All photography by Jesse Dylan.
MAY 02 PDN Photo Annual '02 awards 3 am website.
SEP 01 3am website, version 1, featured in Portfolios Online book.
JUN 01 Photography for Jimmy Eat World Bleed American 7" single.
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