29 September 2009

On Editing.


Jake Stangel sent me a link to his new project, Pontiac Dreams. The photos are good, but what struck me -- just in breezing through the work on a first, quick look -- is the editing. I know Jake recently biked across the US (Visual Diary), so I know he came away with tons of photos.


As someone who is bedeviled by editing his own work, I have a profound appreciation for well-edited work, work that flows well and plays off itself and doesn't feel too long or too short.


On a related note, I'm finally getting around to reading part of Looking In Robert Frank's The Americans. It is inspiring and instructive. I've been in a rut with shooting. Everything looks the same. I have piles and piles of negatives and un-edited images. I feel like I should start making sense of what I have before adding more to the heap. But fuck, that just feels like such an insurmountable task. So I'll probably just keep shooting...




28 September 2009

Union Square

Union Square
San Francisco, CA
August 2009

26 September 2009

Bush/Kearny

Bush/Kearny
San Francisco, CA
August 2009

25 September 2009

Union Square

Powell St, Union Square
San Francisco, CA
August 2009

24 September 2009

Sutter/Kearny

Sutter/Kearny
San Francisco, CA
July? 2009

22 September 2009

3rd St, San Francisco
3rd St.
San Francisco, CA
July 2009

20 September 2009

Orinda BART
Orinda BART Station
Orinda, CA
July 2009

18 September 2009

Geary, San Francisco
Geary St.
San Francisco, CA
July 2009

16 September 2009

Montgomery BART
Montgomery BART Station
San Francisco, CA
August 2009

14 September 2009

Union Square Union Square Union Square
Union Square
San Francisco, CA
July 2009

12 September 2009

Tenderloin
Tenderloin
San Francisco, CA
June 2009

10 September 2009

Indy 500, 2009
Indy 500
Indianapolis, IN
May 2009

08 September 2009

Union Square
Union Square
San Francisco, CA
July 2009

06 September 2009

Sutter/Grant
Union Sqaure
San Francisco, CA
July 2009

04 September 2009

Union Square
Union Square
San Francisco, CA
July 2009

03 September 2009

Awesome set of photos by Charles Harbutt, someone I had never heard of until this morning. Turns out he's a former Magnum photographer, current professor at Parson's. Not just good photos, but a really great edit of good photos.

02 September 2009

Indy 500, Third Turn
Third Turn, Indy 500
Indianapolis, IN
May 2009