This semi truck was stopped in the middle of the street and at first glance it looked kinda odd since if it was stopped it would most likely be over to one side or the other, not in the middle. Later I saw that the driver appeared to be asking directions from the women on the sidewalk but we couldn’t hear the conversation b/c it was raining.
Hapa Project
I first heard the term Hapa a few years back and realized that technically I could be one based on a loose interpretation of it (hey i’m two one-halves Asian). Here’s the Hapa Project’s official definition:
ha-pa adj.
1. Slang. of mixed racial heritage with partial roots in Asian and/or Pacific Islander ancestry. n. 2. Slang. a person of such ancestry. [der./Hawaiian: hapa haole. (half white)]
The book itself is fun to look at but it’s also stirring up a lot of talk which I guess is good. A recent article in the local paper has a lot about this.
Superpowers!
So people that know me know about my ‘theory of specialized superpowers‘ – well last weekend on This American Life, they had a show on Superpowers and the first segment in particular was hilarious. Personally, I’d choose flying over invisibility (I think).
Sig Alerts
I’d heard this term on the radio a lot on AM and I had no idea what it meant exactly. I asked a lof of friends, etc. and no one seemed to know. Finally today I read about a teenage girl jumping off a bridge onto the 101 in Palo Alto and it mentioned it again so I googled the term and found the official CalTrans definition:
“Sig-Alerts” are unique to Southern California. They came about in the 1940s when the L.A.P.D. got in the habit of alerting a local radio reporter, Loyd Sigmon, of bad car wrecks on city streets. These notifications became known as “Sig-Alerts.” Later Mr. Sigmon developed an electronic device that authorities could use to alert the media of disasters. Caltrans latched on to the term “Sig-Alert” and it has come to be known as any traffic incident that will tie up two or more lanes of a freeway for two or more hours.
1906 earthquake
There’s a cool art program that the San Francisco Arts Commission has done with the advertising kiosks on Market Street. They show photos from after the 1906 earthquake of Market Street itself. This is a shot of one of them near 7th Street.
storytellers
Last night I had a chance to have a quick conversation with Brad Bird who was at a party I was shooting. I’ve only seen his Simpson’s work as well as The Incredibles
The Corporation
Finally got the chance to watch The Corporation
He really woke up when he read The Ecology of Commerce
Colette Nelson outside my house
I walked out of my flat last night and found two huge wild postings of Colette Nelson outside. There’s a series of six panels (2 of her, 2 each of 2 other models) for the campaign which has television components as well with Colette and Jitka Harazimova.
It’s kinda weird to see something like that with someone you know – pretty cool!
New faces at the Arnold
It’s always surprising how small a world it is in the fitness and bodybuilding industry. Every year at the Arnold, one of my favorite assignments is to find new faces to set up shoots with.
This year I met Tonya (left) and Dana perusing the expo and shot with them during the weekend. It turns out they know Becca Swanson, Ali Huston and Deb Widdis whom I had shot in Chicago at Jr Nationals a few years ago. Tonya is actually going to be joining the Big Arm Gym and looks like she’s got a good start already.
Check out some more pix from the weekend on the Orange Photography blog: Pulp
a good merger?
I’m psyched as I just found a trailer for “A Scanner Darkly” which is based on a Philip K. Dick story and adapted by Richard Linklater, one of my favorite directors. It’s rotoscoped much like Waking Life