yesterday's photos

So yesterday I finally figured out what the motor drive was for: it’s for getting more pictures, faster than your finger can go. I know some of these are similar, and that I should probably cut a few, but that takes time that I don’t have. I know I should point the camera a bit lower, looking at all of these. Anyway, I just wanted to get up a post, so people know that I’m not dead and the blog is still active. Still shooting.

I may try to do this every day, just pull the card from the camera and upload anything good. The through line, the narrative of these photos is pretty raw, and won’t make a ton of sense. I feel like if a larger theme emerges it’s going to happen after the blogging, when I’m printing in six months, or looking back on this in five years. (Also god I’ve had this blog in some form for going on 8 years? I blame @busblog).

driving through the sierras

Road trippin’. Hard to get started, although my habit of going out the night before may be to blame. Roughly ten hours on the road, eight in a hotel bed, and I’m still tired. At least tonight we’re sleeping somewhere without a checkout time.

Working, over on the other blog, on documenting some of the stuff I’ve been doing in my spare time. Maybe worth checking out, if you’re into that kind of thing.

3rd st closure

Last night, I was walking down third to get to Garaje. Normally I wouldn’t go that far for dinner, but I had time to kill. I got to mission and third to find third completely blocked, including the sidewalk. The police seemed to have their hands full dealing with irate conference goers and drunk people (but I repeat myself), so I didn’t ask them what was going on. I went around, New Montgomery to Howard. I walked down a mostly empty third street sidewalk, and found that the cops were turning people back at Folsom too. The whole street empty, traffic backed up on third from being redirected.

I like this format; shoot a little essay between places, see something interesting, post it mostly from my phone. I’m not going after great truth or justice like I thought journalism should be when I was in school. I’m just looking at here and now, and seeing what I see.

behind the new sfmoma

somewhere between tresspass and wandering, just waiting for my ride. i’m super excited for this thing to finally open, may 4th (so the security gaurd told me). i’ve had a membership the whole time we’ve lived here, even while it was closed for this expansion. people who think the new building isn’t gorgeous: you haven’t looked at it.