“What makes anything worthy or unworthy of being photographed? For now, one of my mantras is: If it has an obvious name, don’t photograph it.” Mike Slack, quote from Photo

View the workNothing with a Name

“Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.” Henry David Thoreau I

View the workA Walk in Point Reyes

“Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?” Jack Kerouac Night is falling on the city streets. Shadows grow in the corners. Stores are shuttered and the

View the workSoul of America

“Oregon is an inspiration. Whether you come to it, or are born to it, you become entranced by our state’s beauty, the opportunity she affords, and the independent spirit of

View the workOregon Coast

By accident, you put / Your money in my / Machine (#4) / By accident, I put / My money in another / Machine (#6) / On purpose, I put

View the workSan Francisco Up Close

“I tried taking pictures, but they were so mediocre. I guess every girl goes through a photography phase. You know, horses … taking pictures of your feet.” Charlotte, from movie

View the workReturn to Tokyo

I hadn’t been to Kyoto, my favorite city, for several years. Most of all I missed the light of Kyoto that paints the river, trees, temples, and streets with a

View the workPainted in Kyoto Light

I recently spent a wonderful long Easter weekend at a friend’s house in Ojai, CA which has the most amazing garden. I prefer not to shoot the sort of nature

View the workOjai Garden

My family recently made a trip down to Los Angeles for college visits for my daughter. We stayed at an Airbnb near Culver City. It was a middle-class LA neighborhood

View the workMartian Invasion of LA

I see my city, San Francisco, as a frame for how I view the world around me – the people, the places, even the meaning of things. In photography and

View the workFramed by a City