Lauren Greenfield: Thin
Thin is a film by photographer Lauren Greenfield, a member of VII, and someone with whom I share an interest in how womens body image is affected by society and media. I first met her at her opening at Robert Koch gallery in San Francisco for Girl Culture and have followed her work since then. Thin takes a look at anorexia and follows several women in a treatment facility in Florida. It’s a documentary that is a [...]
Last minute double header: Carrots and SFMOMA
So we had to put the power or Orange to work and help out some friends for the Opening Party at Carrots. Even though all of our photographers were out shooting we still were able to get some shots from the opening (see below). At SFMOMA it was another Member Session, this one for Douglas Gordon. There was a nice installation by Soo-Hwa Yuan there and you should be seeing some of the shots in San Francisco [...]
Powdered Toast Man @ Holy Cow!
Having been a fan of Ren & Stimpy from years ago, I was psyched to see Powdered Toast Man at Holy Cow last night – definitely a great costume! Here he is with some fools who probably are out of Powdered Toast. Lots of fun costumes for the party last night. Even the Supreme Leader had time to kick it with some Western homies:
7×7 Bring on the Night
Orange’s own Andria Lo has two photographs that have won inclusion in the 7×7 Magazine Bring on the Night Photography competition. The reception and auction will benefit SF Camerawork, a local photography non-profit so come out and support them next week!
Now that was an earthquake!
Well, just got back from photographing at City Hall for the Mayor’s reception of Aer Lingus which just started service to San Francisco. The studio was shaking quite a bit and I heard something crash upstairs. My earthquake bobblehead was even bouncing a bit… (re-enacted in the photo above). This was the biggest shake I’ve personally felt in my nine years in San Francisco and it lasted pretty long!
Control/Anton Corbijn
Photographer Anton Corbijn’s debut as a director is Control, a biopic about Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, and it’s a wonderful film. Having been heavily influenced by the Manchester sound and aesthetic, it was nice to see this film and how Corbijn treated the subject matter. The film is infused with the music and feel of 1970’s Manchester (Macclesfield, more specifically) and those who are familiar with that era and time will get a kick out [...]
Japan Society threesome
We covered the Japan Society of Northern California’s 2007 Award of Honor Gala. I wasn’t quite sure what the crowd would be comprised of but was a bit surprised to see San Francisco 49er Vernon Davis there. He was probably the most well known person as well as the two honorees, Mr. Yuzaburo Mogi and Mr. Philip Kan Gotanda.
More Olympians and Best-Selling authors
We shoot a lot of events and popular speakers are Olympians. For some reason we seem to get more Winter Olympians than Summer, and at Riverbed’s Accelerate ’07 this week in San Francisco, Vince Poscente, an Olympian and author of The Age of Speed: Learning to Thrive in a More-Faster-Now World gave a nice presentation about speed, a relevant topic for the conference. He was pretty dynamic and energetic and seemed to do a great job with [...]
ah, beef
This is in dialogue with the Gyro poster blog entry. I found these faded posters in the window of a seedy butcher shop. The kid is totally creepy!
Octavia Boulevard at night…
Had a chance to show a guest from out of town around our city, and while relaxing in the park on Octavia Boulevard just snapped off a shot of some hipsters taking their dog out for a midnight run in the park. We’ve been doing a lot of gigs at night as usual, but most are indoors so it was kind of nice to be out and taking some shots just for fun of our wonderful city.