People

ABOUT THE SERIES These photos are from various shoots over the last few years — commercial, editorial, personal — involving people. A year or so ago, I chose to forgo studio and flash lighting and now work exclusively with natural

Stopping (air) Traffic to Raise Money

Our flight back from Seoul, South Korea caught one of those super-fast jetstreams. You know, the kind that whisk you to where you are going nearly a full hour ahead of the scheduled arrival time. It was a magical plane

Three Generations of Pork Cutlet Chefs

When my dear friend Kyoko heard the words from my mouth that I loved Tonkatsu, she knew exactly where to take me after work. If you have a hankering for Tonkatsu (Japanese fried pork cutlet), most restaurants in Tokyo will

Fancy Breakfast from a Rooftop Garden?

We visited the “Blues Guesthouse” in the Segeomjeong neighborhood of Seoul a few days back after hearing about a rooftop vegetable garden they are starting. It’s very early spring here, so the plants are just starting to come up, but

Final Straw: The Future of Food Begins

The past few days have been a whirlwind of activity, mostly centered around planning out this trip to Korea and Japan for the Final Straw project, but other highlights were: Lunch meeting with San Jose Director of Transportation, Hans Larsen

Cityscape

ABOUT THE SERIES Cityscapes from around the world, none of them planned ahead, some are spur of the moment, some involved waiting lengths of time for what would happen. There is no formula except the anti-formula: feel and go. This