When I was in school, I remember Dorothea Lange’s images captivating me and bringing me into the experience of the people she photographed. She was one of the first photographers that really made an impact on me and there’s a new book out titled Impounded that drew my interest. As a half-Japanese American, I’ve always been fascinated with the internment and Executive Order 9066. Her new book has tons of new work originally censored by the U.S. [...]

So yesterday I perused First Thursdays, the monthly open gallery night here in San Francisco. I started off at SF Camerawork to check out their First Exposure book release and opening. First Exposures is a cool programs that pairs mentors to kids on a one-to-one basis and was something that I was personally interested in since we at Orange are going to be launching an improved version of our Social Photography program this year. Afterwards, I headed [...]

Once again Orange will have a booth at WPPI and we’ve got free passes to the show as well. Just email us if you’re interested in checking out the expo for free!

So an astute reader pointed out that I was in a photo in Swells, Catherine Bigelow’s society column, so while eating a salad at Pluto’s today I saw it in person – kinda funny – although you can’t see my silvery pants.