Analog Interstate
During the drive back to Los Angeles from Joe and Danvi’s wedding I did an impromptu project: Analog Interstate. Having just procured the oft-reviewed, lampooned, and very kitschy iPhone app Hipstamatic (iTunes link), this was an experiential project exploring the people and places of Interstate 5 as seen through a vintage eye.
LA Architecture
Two weeks ago I received a call from a Vice President at CalArts asking me to photograph the condominium she and her husband are selling. Coming from the highest echelon of a nationally recognized art school her inquiry got my blood pumping! I went down to her condo, nested in the hills of Los Angeles, [...]
Sleep Piece #3 at CalArts
Just returned from a long night at CalArts! Over these last two semesters James Klopfleish, bassist and composer, organizes and executes Sleep Pieces. These are all night concerts with a series of musicians running from 10PM through Sunrise. I had never been to one until today and if there’s one thing I learned it’s to [...]
Sunset over Santa Clarita
Shot this 38 second timelapse over 843 frames spaced five seconds apart. A little post processing in Lightroom and we’ve come out with something rather pleasant!
I5 at F22
I had one of the best Christmas’s I could think of last year. I woke up at 4AM, threw my bag into the trunk of my car and started my journey. I was driving north, up through the heart of California, to my sister’s house an hour north of Sacramento. Generally this trip clocks in [...]
Haight San Francisco
I was on vacation in San Francisco recently and realized that I had never been to the infamous corner of Haight & Ashbury. In fact, I had never been to that part of the city at all! The center of the San Francisco cultural revolution of the 60′s and 70′s is hallowed ground, or at [...]
The Berlin Wall
During my time at the Reagan Library I bore witness to some truly amazing things. I met politicians, celebrities, and some of the most interesting people from across the globe. Among the litany of artifacts, displays, and points of interest throughout the museum is the section of the Berlin Wall that stands facing the Library [...]
From a Bygone Era
About six months ago I went on a photo excursion up to Red Rock State Park with my friend, graphic designer, and outdoorsman Chad Kampbell. As we drove through Mojave and up the Highway 14 we saw this small collection of rundown homes. I am an absolute sucker for aging and destroyed buildings. It was [...]
Canter’s In Blue
I was able to scan in the black and white negative from the original Canter’s Deli print last week! The original print is beautiful in monochrome but I could tell it was missing something. Casting a bluish hue over the scene brings the tone back to a time when Canter’s was the new place in [...]
Island & Streaks
Dense fog is a rarity in Southern California. When it comes a photographer needs to explore the possibilities no matter what. I was driving home at 2 AM after shooting another excellent show in LA by my friends Fight From Above when suddenly this bank of fog engulfed my car. Hardly able to see I [...]
San Juan Islands
When my parents both retired they bought a boat in the picturesque San Juan Islands in Washington. After four summers of a children-less existence on the water they arranged to fly me up to visit. I had just received my incredible Canon 1D Mark II and could not wait to give it a proper go [...]
Sunset at the Reagan
For a few years I had a job at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and while I was a simple gift shop cashier whenever I had a chance I would grab my camera and walk around the campus. The Reagan’s chose an absolutely ideal location for the Library: the back door opens up to a [...]
Canter’s Deli
This is a hand printed 11×14 limited edition print (1 of 3) of the world famous Canter’s Deli on Fairfax Ave in Los Angeles. It was taken from the doorstep of the now (sadly) closed Largo restaurant. (Mamiya A, 120 Ilford)
The product of one of the few small towns left in California, Christopher enjoyed a childhood ironically filled with travel. At just two months old his mother, an unapologetic jetsetter, introduced him to Europe for the first time. His father, a designer and professor born in England, opened his eyes to the intricacies of the apparent mundane. The reserved world of the English Cotswold’s clashed with the spirit of the vagabond and pushed Christopher to develop a style that is intensely expressive, emotional, yet accessible.