I recently visited some very touristy spots around SF for a photo project about technology. I saw enough selfie sticks to get my heart murmuring. I saw a lady take a photograph of herself while her disgruntled husband looked on. I saw three boys stand...

I've been out taking photographs of dew and clouds for a meteorology project. Sometimes things got in the way of the dew and clouds e.g. tall buildings, veiny leaves and saxophone virtuosos...

I've just finished a marvellous photo course at SFSU. And most of the photos I've put up have been prints. For a change, here are a few iphone shots from around the Haight and Bernal.  ...

Charlene Teters is a hero. She stood up to lots of things – like fighting against universities using racist American Indian mascots. Her art is also very challenging, treading on experimental ground in a very male-dominant world. I wrote a ballady poem about her.   The Trampler   The...

Some photos of a lovely walk I did with my brother around ocean beach and around to the north. They are photos of prints so excuse wonkiness and whatever else.     ...

I don’t have many problems. I am very lucky as my mama always said. But I have to find something to complain about because sometimes I feel I’m missing out. There are different kind of food-fulls. A soup-full, my favorite, is the king of all fulls....

Wednesdays are good days. Usually I float by the fifty-something weeks without a care about which day I find myself in. But when Freddie Hughes and Soul Train Revival came around, I now have a slight and very specific interest in the precipice day of...

San Francisco has been offering me a lot of contradictions; privileged homeless people, water wasting in time of severe drought and sometimes awful, but sometimes epiphany-inducing live music. I’ve made the same mistake three times. James Joyce said once that a genius’ errors were volitional and...

Some photos of the frivolous Hunky Jesus contest at Easter time.                 ...

There are many neighbourhoods in San Francisco. Each like a different sibling. Close or distant, they all have their very own personalities. Some brooding and dangerous, others flippant and fun. The Mission has an interesting blend of personality. One facet is the hipster. A steam...